Afghanistan: anger, pride and courage. Crystal Bayar’s example
"Thank you, Crystal, for the courage you made prevail over fear in your Kabul"
Her name is Crystal Bayar, she is 24 years old, almost as long as the military occupation of her country by Western troops lasted, the Afghan resumed demonstrating in Kabul a few days ago and proposed on the front page to her readers by Corriere della Sera . Who interviewed her, certainly reporting the fear she felt while parading through the streets of Kabul with the flag that the Taliban had ordered her to throw away in vain, but also the decision to remain among her peers, parents, the elderly in her land, without joining the throng of the airport and its surroundings. The images of which, let's say, attract more newspapers than all the others that come from that country.
“My mother – said Crystal – told me many painful stories about the period in which the Taliban ruled the country, when I was very young. My mother is a doctor, she helped women a lot during the Taliban era. I grew up in the country with the changes that took place after 2001. I went to school, went to university, have a master's degree and am studying for a doctorate. I do political, social and civil activities for rights ".
In short, Crystal survived the "massacre" of and in her country to which Luciana Castellina – sorry if I repeat what I have already criticized – accused "our boys" of having contributed by alternating in the missions of the Western military. And, while understanding the fear of those who, evidently having more than her, run away even at the cost of hanging themselves on the planes that take off and then abandon themselves in the void and die, she thought – I repeat this too – of being able and having to stay not only and not so much. to testify as much as to defend what she was taught and allowed in her young life. Instead of fleeing, he preferred to continue to cultivate what Westerners have "sown" in his country, leaving what Prime Minister Mario Draghi called "a deep trace in Afghan society".
In front of the image and words of Crystak Bayat, to whom I naturally wish all the good of this world, congratulating her mother who was able to raise her so well, even better than the retired occupation troops could have helped to do it, I find vomiting – to repeat an adjective that the person concerned often uses against those who disagree with him – what I read just today by Marco Travaglio in the newspaper he directs.
In particular, taking it out on a "veteran of the Italian mission", who ventured to tell the Berlusconi family newspaper that "our teachings have been effective", he commented: "We taught him to escape". The editor of Fatto Quotidiano deserves to receive in retaliation, let's say, what he says every Monday to a few unfortunates of the previous week that did not escape his attention in an editorial column under this title: "But do me a favor".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/afghanistan-la-rabbia-lorgoglio-e-il-coraggio-lesempio-di-crystal-bayar/ on Mon, 23 Aug 2021 05:44:46 +0000.