I must confess I am charmed by the idea of world feminism taking up arms, literally, against the Taliban.
However, in criticizing Ms. Esman’s piece, the author at The Spearhead, seems to have missed the point that she is a Dutch woman (albeit living part of the time in NYC), who is chiding her leftish countrymen for abandoning their support of the war in Afghanistan in terms specifically designed to appeal to the sensibilities. A reminder of the barbarism toward woman of the Taliban, of all schools of Islamic jurisprudence in general, though of salifists most particularly, from time to time is a salutary, as, along with the treatment of religious minorities, it most sharply highlights why the West must resist the spead of Islam.
"We know that women in groups -- same office, same dormitory, same barracks -- eventually have synchronized menstrual cycles. We also know that there is this thing called PMS, and we know that it turns a woman into a hellion. We know that PMS has been used as a defense against a charge of murder. Here's my proposal: We have 52 battalions. We can prepare the nation so that we have on any given week of the year a combat-ready battalion of Amazons to go into battle. Imagine that you are Manuel Antonio Noriega. You are in the Papal Nuncio in Panama City. You feel safe. All of a sudden, you hear this bloodcurdling scream outside: 'I AM OUTRAGED!' And there is Sgt. Maj. Molly Yard leading a battalion of Amazons with PMS over the hill! That would be enough to scare the pants off anybody." - Rush Limbaugh