re: US denies visas to Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team

So ridiculous, these girls should be championed. They are a prime example of the benefits of US intervention in Afghanistan (the education and greater freedom for Girls/Women).

America’s greatest and most important export has for the last century been ideas. Be it through media, example or direct interaction, America has always had a powerful tool in its cultural export. At its best it achieves examples like this, but the great irony is the same people bolstering these sort of isolationist policies are the same people who consistently praising western ideology. They’re cutting off their nose to spite their face if they believe western ideas have a sort of universal value, because if that’s the case then isolating yourself from the rest of the world is only going to lessen your influence and impact on the rest of the world. This all womans robotics team is something to be championed and celebrated, it’s a result of successful US influence and now we’re turning them away. It’s sad and disgraceful.