Joanie de Rijke Was Raped By The Taliban But Respects Their Motives
DUTCH journalist Joanie de Rijke, who went to Afghanistan and all she got was abducted and serially raped for six days. Now she is fed up that anyone should think the Taliban are a bunch of criminally insane thugs:
Well, I would put this into perspective, says the leftist journalist: the Taliban are not monsters.
As Tim Blair notes:
Read on. As you do, imagine de Rijke’s comments – and global reaction – if the events she describes had happened inside, say, Abu Ghraib.
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Posted: 9th, June 2009 | In: Media Comment (1) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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June 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
as the article says - classic Stockholm Syndrome - she does other women who have been raped the biggest disservice imaginable, but it seems more important to her to condone their vile behaviour…. unbelievable… so he “couldn’t control his testosterone”…????? isn’t that part of the bleating of various religions who make their women cover up as if the man’s attempt at self-restraint is the woman’s responsibility…..
makes me throw up……