Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Afghan women disappear from public life by order of Taliban's Vice and Virtue Ministry - BBC News" video.

  1. In all of the environmental issues, one thing we see that when a species like the Condor for example, becomes close to extinction they pull out all the stops and get that species back to safe numbers. They are called endangered species for the very good reason that they could go extinct. Why don't we realize that countries can be in the same predicament. Why not called countries like Taiwan and now Afghanistan 'endangered countries'? We saw what happened to Tibet--it's practically extinct: the culture, religion, country has been slowly disappearing from view for decades. Now we see that China wants Taiwan to be a part of it. We have to convince President Xi in as polite terms as possible that it's nice to want things except there is one itty bitty problem: Taiwan wants to remain a sovereign country. Why don't we create a branch of the UN that 'protects' endangered countries? If China takes over Taiwan, a people, a culture, a world heritage site and a wonderful people will be lost forever. As far as Afghanistan is concerned we are seeing what happens when a foreign species is introduced to a country: total chaos and Afghanistan is now high up on the endangered countries list. What we are seeing before our eyes is an invasive force coming in to a free country and enslaving half the population and denying the women of their human rights. Can anyone reading this imagine what it would be like to wake up tomorrow and see armed men in turbans ordering us to stay home and only go out with a registered guide? It would be civil war across half the world. Boys and girls, we've got to win the Taiwanese and Afghanistan battle without going to war. Nuclear missiles now carry 40 or more nuclear warheads. It has been calculated that 129 nuclear explosions would send enough dust into the stratosphere to block the sun for 3 years. That's about 4 hypersonic missles and we're frozen life forms. We have to call countries that risk being absorbed or taken over by hostile foreign entities as 'endangered countries'. This would mean that we could use this label at the UN and on TV and for our leaders to talk about how grave the situation is for this or that country to become an 'endangered country'. It would send a message to those who wish to control others simply because they are stronger or better armed.
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  2.  @shakuntalaraghunath5402  GGGGGGGGreat to hear from you. You are right and that is why the first thing we have to do is set up some sort of Department of Endangered Countries first off. This will be an excellent reference point for future debates on the world stage. A president of one country could justifiably say "Taiwan has now been classified as a World Heritage Endangered Country and will have the full attention of the UN as we monitor the recent incursion on its territory by foreign elements." This would be very embarassing to invading forces. We have to do the same for Afghanistand to save the women from extinction.
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  3.  @shakuntalaraghunath5402  I'M GOING TO WRITE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UN.This is no easy thing to get off the ground, wish me luck!
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