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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/hr-mccaster-donald-trump-afghanistan_us_599c6105e4b06a788a2c2026

President Donald Trump was reluctant to send more troops to Afghanistan after years of saying the war was ”wasting our money." So national security adviser H.R. McMaster used a 1972 photo of Afghan women in miniskirts to show the president that the country had once adopted Western values and to convince him to escalate the war, according to The Washington Post.

McMaster reportedly showed Trump a black-and-white snapshot of bare-legged women in Kabul to illustrate that the region might be able to embrace Western ideals again. Miniskirts were replaced by full-body burqas in the mid-1990s, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, banned Western clothing and rolled back women's rights. The Taliban now controls only parts of the country, but many Afghan women still choose to wear traditional burqas because it makes them feel safer from violence and judgment in a society where gender-based violence is rampant.

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Afghani women in miniskirts isn't alarming. They should be free to dress as they wish. It's that McMaster knew that tactic would sway Trump.

It's quite reassuring to know that the foreign policy of the most powerful nation on earth is decided by whether women can wear miniskirts or not :/

Edit:

The game changing pic in question(from the article):

 

[sixteen-bit]

Wow

 

[Spiritwalker]

lmfao

sounds about right

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Ah yes, the "Roy Mustang" approach to world politics.

 

[Maintenance]

Played like a goddamn fiddle.

 

[BadWolf]

PREDICTABO

 

[Fuchsdh]

If true, Trump absolutely deserves ribbing, but those photos of 1970s Iran and Afghanistan are always pretty sobering. Progress can regress really, really fast if you aren't careful (and as Americans are finding out as well.)

 

[jmdajr]

amazing

 

[cpp_is_king]

Sounds this guy really is a McMaster of military strategy after all

 

[rpmurphy]

America: World Fashion Police

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

not surprised. The generals found out you can get the president to mostly do want you want so long as you show him a nice POA

 

[Nivash]

What's his solution to getting Trump interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Gaza strippers?

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

not a puppet

 

[GK86]

Geez. Getting him to launch a nuke wouldn't be too hard.

Advisor: "See this shiny red button?"
Trump: "Yeah, it is the nuke button, what about it?"
Advisor: "Well, did you know it also brings you two scoops every time you push it?
Trump: *pushes button*

 

[Armaros]

"they aren't savages living in caves?" - Trump

 

[SlimySnake]

lol anyone who thinks Mini skirts will become the norm again in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and middle eastern countries is out of their minds. the 70s and 80s were a different time.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

I would believe it.

 

[diunxx]

Poor Onion writers.

 

[Aselith]

America: World Fashion Police

It's just easier to grab a pussy in a miniskirt than a burka

 

[Astral/H3X]

*TO BE FAIR*

If I was an idiot and thought there was any chance of undoing the insane regression in that area, I'd probably authorize it. Though I'd wager there are things other than miniskirt photos that could demonstrate that.

 

[Saya]

It will also grow his hate for all muslims.

 

[Dude Abides]

Miniskirts make pussy grabs much easier.

 

[Bronx-Man]

"We were gonna leave them alone, but when I saw how many dimes they had over there.....I realized the entire region was up for grabbing"

 

[Preezy]

 

[Alucrid]

 

[PdotMichael]

Put some mini skirts on solar panels now.

 

[danowat]

Really?, jesus.........

 

[Boke1879]

So this is how we're making military decisions huh?

 

[eizarus]

Miniskirts make pussy grabs much easier.

Damn it I was going to say this.

 

[SlimySnake]

 

[RinsFury]

No words left for how stupid that orange piece of shit is.

 

[Syf]

Sure, why not. Don't even know what to say anymore lol.

 

[metalslimer]

I imagine it was a pic like this if anyone was wondering

 

[Heckler456]

I've seen similar pictures, and they do actually serve to demonstrate the difference between then and now. Just too bad that that's what people have to sink to to convince this jackass.

 

[Fury451]

I'm inclined to think this is a "something out of nothing" situation that's being made to sound slimier than it is. Showing how things have regressed is a great way to educate people, and it's a huge wake up call to me to actually see it myself.

Then again, we know what the president has said in the past, so it's always going to be slimy regardless and I'm not going to waste time defending otherwise either.

 

[Snarky(HEART)]

To be as absolutely fair as possible, those photos of wearing western fashion are very eye opening.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Every day he finds a new low.

 

[Beerman462]

MAGA

Make Afghanistan Gams Again

 

[ExInferus]

It's just easier to grab a pussy in a miniskirt than a burka

Trump's a rational thinker

 

[danowat]

To be as absolutely fair as possible, those photos of wearing western fashion are very eye opening.

Yeah, enough to sanction an increase in military action it seems!, so VERY eye opening, especially when it was so vehemently against it during his campaign.

 

[NimbusD]

I'm inclined to think this is a "something out of nothing" situation that's being made to sound slimy.

Then again, we know what the president has said in the past, so it's always going to be slimy regardless.

Yeah, in a vacuum I don't think it's not Noble to want to impart freedoms to women is an oppressive society, but this is easy to imagine as true because the dudes a pig.

Also as Noble as it is, this doesn't mean we should got to (continue) war. How is that exactly going to help? Are we going to annex them under our government? It's the Taliban govt that did it in the first place you can't just undo it by killing them.

 

[Speely]

The Onion, post if you are ok.

 

[Aselith]

I don't understand how a person can make eating a taco salad look that creepy

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

It was a matter of time before the military convinced Trump to do what they wanted. Of course the military wants to ramp up operations there, they feel it's their duty to make sure that their efforts there are not in vain. Trump didn't stand a chance.

 

[strafer]

It really bothers me that the drawer in the back is half open.

 

[shintoki]

It's a worthy cause.

 

[Uzzy]

Best not introduce him to Mia Khalifa or KPOP then.

 

[Sulik2]

Trying to win a war in afghanistan is insane hubris. You cannot win a war in a country with the mountains and caves they have. The Soviets learned that and the US is learning it too. Being able to manipulate the president into escalating an unwinnable war with a picture is just pitiful.

 

[Saya]

I think this was Iran?

 

[danowat]

I think this was Iran?

FFS don't tell Trump that.