Feminist Looking Glass

Two days ago, I wrote about how Hillary Clinton, after promising last year that the United States would never “abandon” the women of Afghanistan, has said nothing about moves by USAID (United States Agency for International Development) that, in fact, are precisely abandoning the rights of Afghan women.  Well, now, Clinton has said something, but, as has been the practice of Barack Obama (e.g., the recent cave-in on Guantanamo), she has given idle words without taking any action.

In response to the Washington Post article about the abandoning actions by USAID, Clinton (again) said the right things to a House panel: that the U.S. government will not back away from supporting women’s rights in Afghanistan, that the U.S. commitment to Afghan women remains undiminished, that “[w]e believe strongly that supporting women and girls is essential to building democracy and security, and that the United States is “currently providing more support than at any time in our government’s history” for education, health-care and political empowerment programs.

But they were words only.  And she did not even address the actions by USAID.  So, it appears that Clinton likes to say that they U.S. supports women’s rights in Afghanistan, but is content to look the other way when the U.S. takes actions that are completely contrary to improving those rights.  Like Barack Obama, like Hillary Clinton.  Apparently, promises aren’t meant to be kept.

 

 

 

Filed under: International, Politics Tagged: | Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Taliban, USAID