We need to set a minimum standard for liberated countries

Religious freedom would be a good place to start

Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

So it is extremely disturbing that American lives were expended to free Afghanistan and they threaten this:

An Afghan man who recently admitted he converted to Christianity faces the death penalty under the country's strict Islamic legal system. The trial is a critical test of Afghanistan's new constitution and democratic government.

Allied soldiers of many faiths, or none, fought and died to free Afghanistan from religious tyranny, and the ingrates turn around and impose religious tyranny. If the Bush administration expects the American people to support the spread of freedom to the Islamic world, then it would help if freedom was demanded.

The hypocrisy of the Islamic world is probably one reason why there was such a visceral and negative reaction to the DPW deal. The Muslim nations freed by American and allied blood should beware; we don't like being taken for fools.

Via Michelle Malkin

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