One of the most underappreciated, least reported aspects of the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq is the progress made by women.  The Daily Telegraph reports that women are defying the odds in the recent election in Afghanistan and will claim 68 of the 249 seat in the lower house of parliament when it convenes later this month, one of whom hopes to stand for the role of speaker.

And if you needed any more evidence of the mentality of the people we've helped liberate Afghanistan from, the Telegraph article also reports, "Remnants of the Taliban responded to the results by detonating two suicide bombs in Kabul, killing a German peacekeeper and three Afghans." Clearly, the Islamofascists can see that if democracy wins, they lose.

For more on the subject see my post from earlier this year: "The Arab Street Rises - With Women."