美國第一夫人勞拉替丈夫布什進行總統廣播講話
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LauraBush:
Goodmorning.I”mLauraBush,andI”mdeliveringthisweek”sradioaddretokickoffaworld-wideefforttofocusonthebrutalityagaitwomenandchildrenbytheal-QaidaterroristnetworkandtheregimeitsuortsinAfghanistan,theTaliban.Thatregimeisnowinretreatacromuchofthecountry,andthepeopleofAfghanistan-eeciallywomen-arerejoicing.Afghanwomenknow,throughhardexperience,whattherestoftheworldisdiscovering:Thebrutaloreionofwomenisacentralgoaloftheterrorists.Longbeforethecurrentwarbegan,theTalibananditsterroristalliesweremakingthelivesofchildrenandwomeninAfghanistanmiserable.SeventypercentoftheAfghanpeoplearemalnourished.Oneineveryfourchildrenwon”tlivepasttheageoffivebecausehealthcareisnotavailable.Womenhavebeendeniedaccetodoctorswhenthey”resick.LifeundertheTalibanissohardandrepreive,evensmalldilaysofjoyareoutlawed-childrenaren”tallowedtoflykitetheirmothersfacebeatingsforlaughingoutloud.Womencaotworkoutsidethehome,orevenleavetheirhomesbythemselves.版權所有
ThesevererepreionandbrutalityagaitwomeninAfghanistanisnotamatteroflegitimatereligiouspractice.MuslimsaroundtheworldhavecondemnedthebrutaldegradationofwomenandchildrenbytheTalibanregime.Thepoverty,poorhealth,andilliteracythattheterroristsandtheTalibanhaveimposedonwomeninAfghanistandonotconformwiththetreatmentofwomeninmostoftheIslamicworld,wherewomenmakeimportantcontributiointheirsocieties.OnlytheterroristsandtheTalibanforbideducationtowomen.OnlytheterroristsandtheTalibanthreatentopulloutwomen”sfingernailsforwearingnailpolish.TheplightofwomenandchildreninAfghanistanisamatterofdeliberatehumancruelty,carriedoutbythosewhoseektointimidateandcontrol.
Civilizedpeoplethroughouttheworldareeakingoutinhorror-notonlybecauseourheartsbreakforthewomenandchildreninAfghanistan,butalsobecauseinAfghanistan,weseetheworldtheterroristswouldliketoimposeontherestofus.
Allofushaveanobligationtoeakout.Wemaycomefromdifferentbackgroundsandfaiths-butparentstheworldoverloveourchildren.Wereectourmoth