The freedom we brought to Afghanistan allows them to put Christians to death. Can this really be what Bush envisioned?

ABDUL RAHMAN, a 41-year-old Afghan, was a Muslim for 25 years before he began working for an international Christian group helping his fellow countrymen in Pakistan. Within a couple of years he had converted to Christianity.

Mr Rahman’s father then denounced him as a convert. Mr Rahman was promptly arrested, and found to possess a Bible. He now languishes in Kabul central prison and will, if convicted of an “attack on Islam”, face the death penalty under Afghanistan’s new constitution.

So predominantly Christian soldiers have died in Afghanistan so that they can put other Christians to death? Color me confused.

These people are never going to embrace our method of Democracy or embrace our religious beliefs, which is really the secret hope of our government.