This was an interesting parallel that I feel helps paint the picture of the situation to something in a context that feels more familiar to me. Phrasing veiling with this comparison models it as a choice to be culturally/socially respectable.

What a comment to really get a large group of people, most of which know next to nothing of Islamic culture and tradition, to use women's rights as a means to rally support for a series of military actions that were based on primarily other reasons. Convincing speech writing for sure, but I see how they're taking advantage of the fact that their audience does not know the complexity of womens' dignity in Afghanistan to rally support for a fight.