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WNPJ Blog: Time magazine's concern for Afghan women
You won't see the picture on the left, of a victim of a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan, on the cover of Time magazine. It's not that Time is reluctant to show horrific images on its cover -- just last week their cover photo was of a young Afghan woman named Aisha, horribly mutilated by her husband under the direction of a Taliban commander -- rather, it's that the cover of Time is reserved for horrific photos of the victims of our official enemies, the Taliban, and never for horrific photos of our own victims.
But leaving aside the issue of Time's obvious double-standard, those of us who advocate for withdrawal must respond to the provocative headline that Time chose: "What happens if we leave Afghanistan." Read and comment here...

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