education and took positions representing their government. that is not a future that women and afghanistan can look forward to under a taliban rule. the taliban is saying that the measures in place now that women cannot go back to school or go into the workplace or temporarily until they get the security environment more in place, that was set in 1996 and obviously that was permanent until the u.s. invasion in 2001. so what we really have to -- what we have to look forward to here, martha, what can this administration do beyond rhetoric to protect the rights of women and young girls in afghanistan. the problem i think fundamentally, martha, is i don't think this administration understands the difference between military might, action, whatever it may be and rhetoric. they think supportive statements and tweets and saying we will fight for afghan women and holding up signs saying they'll fight for afghan women, they think that is the same as hard measures and tactics. we know it's just not.

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