Be my guest, SJF. However, to be a credible neologism it needs a proper dictionary definition: go for it!

While we're on the subject of Afghanistan, I want to know
why I haven't seen anything in the Aussie news, or at least
nothing prominently placed (nothing came up at top of the
list on Google Oz) about:

'Worse than the Taliban' - new law rolls back rights for
Afghan women.

The final document has not been published, but the law is believed
to contain articles that rule women cannot leave the house
without their husbands' permission, that they can only
seek work, education or visit the doctor with their
husbands' permission, and that they cannot refuse their husband sex.

A briefing document prepared by the United Nations Development
Fund for Women also warns that the law grants custody of children
to fathers and grandfathers only.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/31/hamid-karzai-afghanistan-law

It seems the US government is supporting this disgusting bill:

http://jezebel.com/5192134/us+backed-afghan-government-passes-pro+rape-law-to-win-election#viewcomments

I'm wondering why there's no apparent outrage from Australia and

why the media isn't giving this matter appropriate prominence.

(I'm also wondering how it is that a country that is in the crapper in about 190 different ways can prioritize viagra and rape as things the male population must have.)

It's difficult to imagine how a beautiful Poppy and a group of tribsmen so insequire they don't even trust their own woman can wreake
such havok.
Is it possible to win a religious war .
Only if you have enough money might be an answer ?
Russia and USA are the worlds Super Powers , what exactly have they won ? 'Nothing' is an appropiate answer.

Afganistan must be an entirely different country to that portrayed on TV , why is this so ? The Western press portrayes them as animalistic Peasents dulled by Fananatism with incredibly ugly noisey woman who seem to howl and wuba wuba on que living in rubble accommodation that was , maybe built by the mentally handicapped.
Yet they can flog Superpowers ?
Perhaps it's time to concede our position is a no brainer , get out then control the Heroin Supply with nuclear weapons or if thats unpopular introduce Indonesion laws for the users and trafficers .
There must be sofisticated networks to get opiats right across the world so efficently that they can afford the amounts of explosive , is it C5 ? , that they have available .

JulianC

How's this for a definition?

gallipolism /gel´ipilizem/ n. 1. system of belief that imbues an otherwise boring beach in Turkey with profound mythological significance 2. method of foreign policy that relieves our political leaders of ever having to think about whether the wars we participate in are moral, legal or affordable 3. military procedure based on the strategy that the further away a war is located from our shores, the more critical it is to the nation’s defence [origin: RSL]

Pynchme

I found this more recent Reuters article which says the law only applies to Afghanistan's Shia population (about 15%).

http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSL2330877

I suppose we could spread a rumour that Afghanistan's Shias are secret communists. Then, one White House phone call to Karzai and poof! The law vanishes as quickly as it appeared.

It is on record that during the time of Taliban regime, they eliminated the heroin crop. It only restarted when Afghanistan was “ liberated” by Bush.
The main reason for the invasion was to open up the way for the oil & gas pipeline to be laid across and into Pakistan.
The US oiligarchy of course was happy to have an excuse to invade and facilitate that.
The poppy crop for the CIA was a serendipitous side effect.

I predicted way before the last election that one Julia Gillard will be wearing Rudd's Dudds.Kevin is just not up to the job.He wears his juvenile boyish imaturity like a badge of honour,strutting the world stage,constantly seeking approval.

The yanks had him summed up in a jiffy and had Kevin in their pocket at the G20.Obama,"The most popular leader in the world."