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...Texas Air National Guard, where he abused his privilege to get the assignment in the first place, ahead of more than 100,000 others on the waiting list. If you dream of democratic dominos in the Middle East, you should balk at a unilateralism poised to rebuild Iraq in Afghanistan??€™s chaotic image. And if you’re a fiscal conservative, well, you probably thought already to check your children’s wallets—metaphorically, for the childless—since the burden of deficits approaching half a trillion dollars will be theirs...
...region struggling to reconcile religious law with individual freedom, Afghanistan??€™s new constitution shines out as an example of the balance that can be struck between democracy and religion. The document that creates the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is based on a system of civil law, but one in which no law may be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of Islam. It embraces the United Nations Charter and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. The document sets aside two representatives from each district—25 percent of the lower house—for women, who become...
...Still, Afghanistan??€™s proud achievement will not be worth the paper it is printed on if it cannot be enforced. While Kabul itself is relatively stable, outside of the city individual tribal leaders wield enormous power, and until they are disarmed it will impossible to form a national government that can claim responsibility for the entire country. The international community cannot afford a failed state in Afghanistan and must work quickly to increase Kabul’s control of its surrounding territory...
...only hope that the dialogue produced by such a forward-looking document does not give way to traditional pressure when Afghanistan is called upon to choose a judiciary. A legal system filled with conservative judges intent on curbing individual freedom and exerting the influence of Islamic law would cripple Afghanistan??€™s early efforts at a pluralistic and democratic society...
While the United States is engrossed in other foreign policy commitments—from floundering negotiations with North Korea to the perilous occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan??€”it should not overlook the fact that the Caspian region is gripped by a bloodless coup that stands to push the region off the precipice into political meltdown. The potential for chaos reigning in Georgia must be stemmed and the first step is to prevent Russia’s lust for Georgia’s pipeline from throwing the country in further disarray...