million dollars back in May of 2001?

A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did
such a good job fighting drugs.

Q: Fighting drugs?

A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping
people from growing opium poppies.

Q: How did they do such a good job?

A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium
poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads
cut off.

Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people's heads and
hands for growing flowers, that was OK, but not if
they cut people's heads and hands off for other
reasons?

A: Yes. It's OK with us if radical Islamic
fundamentalists cut off people's hands for growing
flowers, but it's cruel if they cut off people's hands
for stealing bread.

Q: Don't they also cut off people's hands and heads in
Saudi Arabia?

A: That's different. Afghanistan was ruled by a
tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced
them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with
death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not
comply.


Q: Don't Saudi women have to wear burqas in public,
too?

A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic
body covering.

Q: What's the difference?

A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi
women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers
all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers.
The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of
patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's