Drug Deal with Afghanistan

The Bush administration loves to talk about giving women freedom while drug war supporting policies continue to devastate Afghanistan. It might interest the Bush government to know that wreaking economic warfare on people by eradicating opium crops is playing right into the hands of the Taliban.

I like this idea:

The answer is not military conflict in Afghanistan. The answer is taking gender-based oppression into account in refuge claims. We could "rescue" every oppressed Afghan woman who wants asylum by simply opening our doors to all female refugees from Afghanistan, and any other regime that doesn't afford full civil rights to women. Link

In my experience, Iraqi and Afghani immigrants are extremely grateful and happy to be in Canada. It's quite a culture shock to realize that women are equal to men here. Bringing them here would be a much more humiliating tactic than continuing to wage war.

Anybody out there with an opinion? Or am I like the crazy cat lady muttering to myself as I walk down the street?