tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post2427133565320108738..comments2023-12-22T03:20:29.631-07:00Comments on Ilyka Damen: Blood, Boilingilykahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286988732452435904noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-51244518413595661422007-06-05T18:41:00.000-06:002007-06-05T18:41:00.000-06:00Oops, and sorry also for not having prefaced comme...Oops, and sorry also for not having prefaced comment by saying hello and I really like your blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-82897915217549685392007-06-05T18:38:00.000-06:002007-06-05T18:38:00.000-06:00Yet another country we've "liberated" while making...<B>Yet another country we've "liberated" while making sure they are stuck in the hellhole we've helped create for them.<BR/><BR/>Well, gosh, why would anyone want to leave the new improved Afghanistan? Clearly anyone who might want to is teh terrorist for sure. <BR/><BR/></B><BR/>Incidentally, the same is true for UK visas out of Afghanistan.<BR/><BR/>For UK visas out of Iraq, you have to go to Jordan.<BR/><BR/>The American embassy in Baghdad doesn't issue US visas either (so I suppose the same applies).<BR/><BR/>And Britain repatriates Afghan and Iraqi refugees - after all, both countries are supposedly safe now.<BR/><BR/><I>Sorry to rant... the situation is maddening and it's good to see someone else getting angry about it.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-23984013397644164892007-06-05T15:28:00.000-06:002007-06-05T15:28:00.000-06:00you know...not that this remotely helps with "what...you know...not that this remotely helps with "what you can do," but, tangentially, about a year or so ago, I met a woman at a pagan gathering who apparently had been cameraperson on a documentary (presumably not the same as this Sandra Bullock thing) on the Beauty Academy of Kabul. I'd kicked myself for not getting her number (for entirely selfish reasons, she was cute), but yeah, her perspective on this latest development would be interesting.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-53944013830908056752007-06-05T15:18:00.000-06:002007-06-05T15:18:00.000-06:00they should realize that things take timeSomeone n...<I>they should realize that things take time</I><BR/><BR/>Someone needs MLK's "Why We Can't Wait" inscribed on a concrete slab and hurled at her head with great force and velocity.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-30836003266571618922007-06-05T15:07:00.000-06:002007-06-05T15:07:00.000-06:00I don't know. I was thinking about maybe contactin...I don't know. I was thinking about maybe contacting all the people who did the original book reviews (a couple of years ago, but still) and seeing if any would give an update - and also maybe starting some sort of Bullock/Sony blogswarm to bring attention to the matter - but then what to suggest people do?<BR/><BR/>It's possible, of course, to do as much, or more, harm as good when trying to help in places and events where things are so murky and where we don't have any real idea as to the dynamics of the situations on the ground. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps first contacting RAWA would be a good idea, for a clue if nothing else?Nanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369833497224107828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-57237129004819046032007-06-05T13:05:00.000-06:002007-06-05T13:05:00.000-06:00As for what to do--I'm so far out of my league on ...As for what to do--I'm so far out of my league on that. But this is what I can figure so far:<BR/><BR/>It depends on whether there's any chance in hell of getting the women out of Kabul (and whether that's what any of them want, though I would think so if they're convinced they'll be killed if they stay, and at least one of them seems to be).<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/info/info_1302.html#kabul" REL="nofollow">On the issuance of U.S. visas for Afghanis</A>:<BR/><BR/><EM>Afghanistan, Kabul: The U.S. Embassy provides limited visa services, as follows:<BR/><BR/> *Nonimmigrant visa services are limited to only the following:<BR/> *A visas (Diplomats and Government Officials)<BR/> *G visas (Employees and Representatives to International Organizations)<BR/> *J visas (only certain USG-funded exchange programs)<BR/> *For all other visa types (business and tourism, medical treatment, family emergencies, etc.), Afghan citizens should apply at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.</EM><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how women who are terrified to leave their homes are supposed to arrange travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, and I'm not confident anyone in our government feels like arranging security for such a trip. If those women are going to get out of there, it's going to be because someone in authority pulled a bunch of strings, hard.<BR/><BR/>The other angle that could be worked is the Hollywood one. I wonder if Sandra Bullock is fully aware of the background details of this project? Or Sony Pictures? I don't think Hollywood pays attention until there's a flood of bad press, though, and I don't have the power to drum that up.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if wingnuts can get an unflattering Reagan biopic pulled from Showtime just by stamping their feetsies long enough, maybe something could be done to get this to the attention of Sony, and from there to Washington.<BR/><BR/>Anyone have any other ideas?ilykahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286988732452435904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-55223643392877400092007-06-05T10:35:00.000-06:002007-06-05T10:35:00.000-06:00Gah!Now I just want to hit someone with a shovel. ...Gah!<BR/><BR/>Now I just want to hit someone with a shovel. Preferably her, but there are a lot of people who would do in a pinch.<BR/><BR/>But, um, more productively... what Shinobi said. Is there anything we can do?Magniloquencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15799503502392959135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-51071955257146508132007-06-04T18:35:00.000-06:002007-06-04T18:35:00.000-06:00Yet another country we've "liberated" while making...<EM>Yet another country we've "liberated" while making sure they are stuck in the hellhole we've helped create for them.</EM><BR/><BR/>Well, gosh, why would anyone want to leave the new improved Afghanistan? Clearly anyone who might want to is teh terrorist for sure.ilykahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286988732452435904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-53947732317474431112007-06-04T17:31:00.000-06:002007-06-04T17:31:00.000-06:00What a stupid, selfish, destructive woman. Vile do...What a stupid, selfish, destructive woman. Vile doesn't even begin to cover it. <BR/><BR/>I hope this story gets publicized and people refuse to have anything to do with her (including buying her book, funding her movie, la la la) until she makes good on her promises. It may be already too late, though. <BR/><BR/>And here's something else sick making that I noticed from the story:<BR/><BR/><I>As for the women in the book, a Michigan lawmaker says he has asked the State Department to look into their situation. <B>But the U.S. embassy in Kabul says it doesn't issue visas to Afghans</B>, except for official visits.</I><BR/><BR/>What? Yet another country we've "liberated" while making sure they are stuck in the hellhole we've helped create for them.Nanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369833497224107828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29906474.post-49997299693039544322007-06-04T17:27:00.000-06:002007-06-04T17:27:00.000-06:00There are no words.There are no words.gennimcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831070269882075011noreply@blogger.com