Afghanistans 'Bravest Woman' Pins Hopes on US people, not Obama

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    • New America Media, December 9, 2009: Malalai Joya has been called Afghanistans bravest woman. When the Taliban ruled her country, she braved death, running an underground girls school. When the US military overthrew the Taliban she ran for parliament. But that doesnt mean shes a supporter of the US military, or President Obamas decision to double the number of American troops in her country. Unfortunately, President Obamas foreign policy is a lot like [the] criminal Bush, she said in a sit-down in interview during a recent visit to San Francisco. He follows war in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Pakistan. Joyas opposition to the US-NATO occupation of Afghanistan began shortly after foreign troops arrived in 2001. Immediately after the 9/11 tragedy, my people thought maybe this time the US government will be helpful for our people, she said. They were hopeful that Taliban domination has been destroyed maybe this time they will give a chance to justice-loving, democrat-minded people of my country. At least to people who dont have bloody hands! But Joya found that hope dashed quickly as early as December 2003 in the first meeting of Afghanistans newly-elected constitutional assembly. She looked around the room and saw the United States and NATO had invited a whos who of the warlords who had destroyed her country to form a new government. She was 24. And she couldnt stay silent. I wish to criticize my compatriots in this room, she said amid boos, catcalls and scattered cheers. Why <b>...</b>
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