Isn't this the truth;

Miss America vs Miss Afghanistan
On the left is Katie Harmon, Miss America, wearing the swimsuit she*
chose
for the competition.
On the right is a typical Afghan girl, wearing the heavy smothering*
burqua
as required by the oppressive Taliban regime.
Miss America is a junior at Portland State University, hoping to*
eventually
get a Master's degree in Bioethics.
Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from receiving any education at all, and
cannot read or write.
Miss America has worked as a lab assistant at both the Oregon Health
Sciences University and the University of Puget Sound.
Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from working.
Miss America's father is an engineer. Her mother is a teacher.* Miss
Afghanistan's father was shot by a gang of Taliban militants. Her*
mother
begs for bread scraps since she cannot work or remarry.* Miss America
wowed
the judges by singing a Puccini aria, "O Mio Babbino* Caro".
Miss Afghanistan is forbidden from singing or even listening to music of
any kind.
Miss America will be traveling the nation nonstop during her reign.*
Miss
Afghanistan cannot leave her house without a male family member,* cannot
drive, and cannot be out after dark.
Miss America is an advocate for breast cancer research.* Miss
Afghanistan
cannot be treated by a male doctor, and for all* practical purposes has
no
access to medical treatment of any kind.* Miss America can date, marry,
or
divorce anyone she chooses.* Miss Afghanistan will be stoned to death if
caught in the company of a* male outside of her family. She is likely to
be
sold into an arranged* marriage to a man who already has two wives.
Miss America wears sunscreen on the beach to keep from burning.* Miss
Afghanistan cannot live in a house with windows unless they are* painted
black. Since she must wear a burqua outside, her pale* translucent skin
has
not seen a ray of sunlight in years.
Miss America could have been disqualified if her swimsuit did not meet
pageant standards.
Miss Afghanistan can be flogged if the holes in the mesh covering her*
face
are too large.
Miss America will decide how many children, if any, she wants to have.*
Miss
Afghanistan will be pregnant 3-4 times more often than Miss* America.
Unfortunately, her babies are 25 times more likely to die in* the first
year. One out of four will not see their 5th birthday.* Miss America is
majoring in speech communications at PSU.* Miss Afghanistan is forbidden
from speaking in public.
Miss America is 21. Since the U.S. life expectancy for women is 80,*
she's
still a very young woman.
Miss Afghanistan is also 21. But since the life expectancy for an Afghan
woman is 43, next year she will be "over-the-hill". (Besides having a
shockingly short life expectancy overall, Afghanistan is one of the only
countries in the world in which women have a shorter life expectancy*
than
men)
Miss America is a beautiful, intelligent woman and everyone knows it.*
Miss
Afghanistan could be a beautiful, intelligent woman... but nobody* will
ever
know it.
God Bless Miss America
God Help Miss Afghanistan

that makes me sad........

it's true and it's pretty sad the way they treat women over there...

If this war will help such people and will destroy the taliban then I'm all for it.

An Afghani refugee girl roams the streets of afghanistan and she has no lips... she wore lipstick and her father cut her lips off. Some people give her the matter-of-fact look saying that ... well.. Duh.. she disobeyed her father and wore lipstick... it was bound to happen..

but fortunatly the majority of people are shocked

That's just sad