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So guys, last night, thanks to a reaction video from my friend Riley Mitchell on TikTok, I came across one of the wildest stories I have ever seen on the Internet. A woman is moving to Afghanistan to be with her husband who she has met once for 12 days, who she met on Snapchat. Ladies, ladies, we must be better than this. First off, I should be saying there is a lot of discourse online on TikTok and over on Reddit about whether this story is legit or whether she is rage baiting naive audiences. But if this is true then it is absolutely insane and if it is not, it still led me down a rabbit hole that we need to talk about. Anyway, so TL Dr. This woman is named Alex Sunny and Alex is a Kentucky based truck driver and she met her now husband on Snapchat in July of 2024 and they have only been together in person one time. They were together in person for 12 days in December of 2024. And here is the story of how they met.
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I'm a truck driver so of course I could yap all day long. And he was just really somebody that was easy to talk, say talk. I mean we talked for 12 to 15 hours a day, like probably even more than that. So even though we had only been talking for around five to six months before we met irl, it felt like I was not meeting a stranger. Honestly because we had spent so much time getting to know each other over the phone through conversation that I just, I felt like I knew him forever when I met him.
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I mean I genuinely feel like I am watching some kind of COVID love story. Like you meet online, you don't get to be together for a certain amount of time. But no, this did not happen during the lockdown. The reason why they are not together is because he is Afghani, but we will get to that. Anyway, there you have it. She feels like she's known him forever. They met on Snapchat because she was looking for somebody to talk to while she was doing her long haul truck drives. Anyway, they have been doing long distance for two years. I believe that she went to Iran for two weeks back in December 24th. They were together for 12 days. They got married during that time which was so fast. Then she came back to America and she has not seen him since now, since December of 2024. Her now husband has been trying to get his green card which already raises a red flag if maybe he only married her for the green card. But anyway, she obviously does not feel like that is what's happening here. But, you know, the alarm bells are going off. Anyway, last year, that dream of him being able to immigrate here and get his green card was cut short because his initially approved visa was later denied when the US And Trump halted immigration from Afghanistan. As she says here in this video,
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at the end of the day, my husband was denied not because of anything that he did or anything that was on his background, but because of, like, policy and the dumbass president. Like, sorry to say it, but it's true. Also, my husband is a really good man. Like, he worked for unicef and he provided, you know, a lot of support for homeless children in his country in Afghanistan.
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Listen, your husband might be lovely, he might have done great things, but let's not call Trump a dumbass for not wanting people to immigrate from a country that is being run by the Taliban, a country that hates the United States. That is, unfortunately for your case, it is just common sense. Does not matter how many homeless children your husband has helped. These are just the circumstances due to global politics. That is not a dumbass Trump thing. That is a common sense protecting America thing. Thank you very much. Anyway, just moving on from that little aside now, because he is not able to immigrate here. She is saving up her money, getting her affairs in order, and she, an American woman, is planning to make the move to Afghanistan in August. Just watch this. Okay, so as you can see here, she has her Afghanistan visa. She has her tickets for August 17th is apparently when she is leaving. Her bags are packed, she is ready to go. And the Internet lost their minds. Understandably. So, like somebody commented and said, the next time I feel stupid, I'll remember you. I mean, girl, like, should we go ahead and come up with a name for the Netflix documentary? Should we send TLC over there with you? Because I feel like this is content. I feel like this is a story that at some point is going to be shared. Another person said, did you choose which one? Did you choose which clown outfit you're going to wear? And obviously, like, all jokes aside, the reason why people are reacting in this way, the reason why they are leaving these objectively hilarious comments, is because of very serious matters, because of the obvious political landscape in Afghanistan. Like one woman said, just so you know, it is completely legal for your husband to beat you as severely as he wants, as long as it's not visible in a country where you are covered head to toe. Just throwing that out there. I mean, to add to that, under the Taliban, women are also restricted on where they can Go and who they can be with, who they can speak to, if they can even speak, if they can be educated, who they can marry. It is a place where men sell off their young daughters to other men to pay off their debts. It is a place that women are desperate to flee from. And yet you are willingly deciding to go whitewashing the entire thing. It's totally fine. So yeah, the Internet is, is going to freak out. And at every turn she's responding to these comments. She's continuing to make more and more videos going, I don't know why everybody's so upset. Like, this is crazy. I'm going to be fine. Everything's going to be great. I'm going to be tiktoking and you know, updating you guys. Everybody's like, no baby, you are not going to be on TikTok. We're not going to see your face again. I don't think you understand. I don't think you comprehend what you are walking into now. Another point of confusion for a lot of people online as they are trying to unravel the story is that Alex Sunny is actually a dual citizen. She was born in Jordan. Her father actually still lives in Jordan. So why not just move there? Even if her husband cannot move there with her, she could be closer to him. She could be on that side of the world. But she does not have to go to Afghanistan. Now in response to that, she said that that actually is their plan in the future. But she misses her husband so much, she doesn't wanna wait for that. So she wants to move now. Obviously love conquers all. Love is a hell of a drug. I hope that she gets to Afghanistan and she actually can leave because as you're gonna see later in this episode, some women are not as lucky. Now one of the main reasons why people cannot decide whether this is rage bait or whether this is real is because she's now making completely ridiculous videos about the things from America that she is packing to take, like makeup and bath and body works products for her in laws. Just watch.
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I'm an American moving to Afghanistan and these are all the gifts that I got from my husband's family. I got two bottles of this face wash, specifically the acne control cleanser. Because whenever I met my husband in Pakistan I had a bottle of this and he absolutely loved it. So he took it home and his aunt also loved it. So I got a couple big bottles to take. So I got these different sets for them. This one's the only one that is in a set a Sweater weather. It smells pretty good. It's a winter like scent. I got coconut body butter, the spray and a body wash. So I love coconut smells. So I'm probably gonna give that to his aunt since I think she's like a coconut girly too. Forever red. This is a really good scent. I feel like this is like a mature scent. So I'm gonna give this to his mom.
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I mean, I'm so conflicted watching these videos because it is sweet. Like she's thinking about things that her husband's family is going to like. You know, he told her that his aunt enjoyed this face wash. She's thinking about them in terms of makeup things that they are not able to access there. But it just seems so detached from reality, the reality that she is about to walk into. And obviously the comments are just hysterical. This personally was my favorite one that I saw on any of her videos. But one person said, maybe you should have done this video without speaking and used just subtitles, you know, as practice. Don't want to be unprepared. Like she keeps saying she's going to be updating her audience on how her life is again. I don't really know if it's the updates that you are expecting another person, a woman said, like lipstick for what? Exactly. Yeah. Cause I don't think many people are gonna see the lippies. Even though it's a sweet thought, it's a lovely thought to bring your new in law's presence. You seem to be focusing on the wrong things when you are planning to make this move. Now the other thing that I wanna point out, and this is something that a lot of people have noticed online, is that there have been so many hurdles in this saga, in this relationship. You know, him not being able to get his visa, them not being able to be together. Her car broke down at one point, which you know, led to a financial strain, so she was not able to get to him soon enough. That hindered what they were able to do with his immigration process. And a lot see this entire relationship as the world's biggest example of the burnt toast theory, which is the Internet name for the theory of minor inconveniences in your life, like missing a flight or hitting the red light, hitting traffic, having your breakfast, your toast be burnt is actually protecting you from something more severe that could happen. Like what would have happened if you actually had been on that flight. What would happen if you didn't hit that red light, if you were not delayed because your toast was burnt. And so people are saying you are ignoring the obvious signs that maybe you should not be doing this. Like somebody said, this sounds like the universe really tried to save you. And then somebody else said your jeep is trying to save your life. Listen to your jeep. It is broken down. It is costing you money. Maybe you should stay there. Now a lot of people online are also wondering, where is her family? Where are the good influences in her life? Her friends that are saying this seems kind of like a crazy idea? Well, allegedly, according to a Facebook post that a tiktoker found from her mom, she is actually in full support of her daughter. Just watch Alex.
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Sunny's mom has spoken out about her daughter moving to Afghanistan to be with her husband. It was an incredibly long winded post that she shared on June 11. We're going to go through the post, but you're going to notice that her mom is completely missing the point about why people are concerned about this. So I'm not going to read all of it. You can pause to read as we go. But she just talks about love. She talks about how her daughter and her husband are in love. They talk about all of the immigration fees that they paid and that didn't work out. And then how they want to go to Afghanistan, but their goal is to end up in Jordan because that's where Alex and her family are from. So then she goes onto a rant about how the real problem that people have with what Alex is doing is because we all think that Muslims live in dirty homes, that they're all violent people and that they're all smerus and that we don't even want to associate with them because we don't know anything about them. And that if we just opened a couple of books, we would all change our mind and we would all agree with what she's doing. She ends that little tangent by calling all of us chmeris because we're the ones spreading hate and hostility. And again, if we just opened a book and educated ourselves, we would completely change our mind about what her child is getting herself into. So basically, we're the problem. See, here's the thing. There are several things that can be true at once. Her daughter can be in love. Her daughter could have married a good man. Her daughter can be smart and educated and wonderful, while also she is actively choosing to go to a country that is known as being the number one country in the world that does not have women's rights, that is dangerous for women.
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And that fact is just common sense. This is not about racism or Islamophobia. Or anybody's, you know, perceived notions about Islam. It is simply just a dumb decision based on everything that we know about Afghanistan. And these are not conspiracies or propaganda. Women have gone to Afghanistan. We have seen the stories that are coming out of Afghanistan. We know what is happening. And that is informing us, saying, hey, even if you love this man, this simply is insane. Now the mom is also inferring that it's just all of these Westerners, these Americans, these white women that are projecting onto her daughter. But actually, even Muslim women in her comment section are sounding the alarm, saying, actually, we do not suggest that you move to Afghanistan. Like one woman said, I am a Muslim. I love Islam. I would never move or recommend moving to Afghanistan. Another woman said, also, I am a Muslim woman. I would never move to Afghanistan even if it was the last place on earth as a woman. Another person said, muslim woman here, I would never go to Afghanistan. It is literally controlled by the Taliban. They are violent, misogynistic beyond measure, because it is never about Islam for them. It is about power and control. And men like that don't see women as human beings. Plan B is a backup birth control option that's there for you when things don't go according to plan. It specifically works after unprotected sex and before pregnancy occurs by temporarily delaying ovulation. Plan B is available nationwide at all major retailers and through delivery apps like DoorDash, no ID, prescription or age requirement. It's the number one OBGYN recommended brand of emergency contraception, and it won't impact your future fertility. That's freedom to be views as directed. But this is the interesting thing. Even though the Internet is freaking out, everybody cannot imagine that somebody would do this. Alex Sunny is actually far from the first woman to make a move like this. 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And if they send you a post purchase survey, make sure that you mention that you heard about Cozy Earth right here on the Brett Cooper Show. All right, now back to the story and the fact of Alex Sunny not being the first woman to want to move to one of these countries. There was actually an influx of of Western women moving to countries like Syria and Iraq between the years of 2013 and 2019 to marry ISIS fighters. These are women who became so brainwashed, so radicalized that they thought it was a good idea to leave Australia, Alabama, where one of them lived to move to these countries. And they are now called brides of the Islamic State or ISIS brides. One article said that between the years of 2019 and 2013, an estimated 664 to 746 Western women traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State state. ISIS women and girls supported ISIS not only by marrying fighters and fixing their marriage problem there. Obviously I think there were bigger fishes to fry in isis, but they said they had a marriage problem, but also by engaging in propaganda, recruitment and in some cases, armed roles. And guys, I know that this might be the shock of the century, but guess what? Over a decade later, these women realized that maybe it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. And now they are fighting to get back into into their home countries. But this is a recent thing. Like just back in May, the Atlantic was talking about this. Back in May, 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State flew out of Syria to come back home or to attempt to come back home. And again, these are not refugees. These are not women that found themselves there accidentally who were born into this and want to escape. These are women who ran away from their comfortable lives as radicalized teenagers and college students in hopes of becoming jihadist brides. Now, now I do want to add this caveat here, and this is where it begins to more align with Alex. Sunny's story is that not all women ended up in these countries willingly. And a lot of people because of that are comparing Alex's story to that of Betty Mahmoudis. Back in 1979, an American woman named Betty, who was married to an Iranian doctor, went to Iran with her husband for a two week vacation with her four year old daughter. Now this was not a vacation that she wanted to go to. Her husband had to convince her to go to Iran. She did not want to go because of the women's rights issue. She didn't feel like she was going to be safe there. But he was saying, this is where my family lives. I want to take you, I want to visit. So reluctantly, she agreed to go because she loved this man, because she wanted to be with him, she wanted to support him, be with his family, whatever it was. But at the end of that two week vacation, her husband informed her that they would not be returning to America. And because of Islamic law that favors fathers, the head of the household, she was not allowed to leave. And she was not going to leave without being able to take her daughter. Now they were held as hostage in Iran for 18 months before she was able to escape. Through Turkey and make it back to the United States. She later wrote a book on that. It was then turned into a movie called Not Without My Daughter, which I'm sure many of you guys have at least heard of or maybe even seen. Now that story obviously happened about 30 years ago and Alex Sunny has made reference to it when she's reading her comments going, you know, that happened so long ago, that's not relevant to me. But even More recently, just two weeks ago, a 54 year old French woman was rescued after it was discovered that her Pakistani husband had been holding her and their five children captive for 12 years after he relocated their family to Pakistan. Now the article from BBC reads one of their sons managed to sneak out and make a police report which led to a raid on their house in Bara, which is a remote town in Pakistan. Police found Yasmina, that is her name, and her five children in a cramped and extremely dilapidated room with bruises all over their bodies. Yasmina and her children have now been taken to a women's shelter and they plan to move back to France. According to Yasmina, her husband had effectively imprisoned the family since they moved to Pakistan from Australia in 2014. According to the woman, she was not allowed to meet anyone and their two older children had missed their studies while the three younger children were born in Pakistan and were never enrolled in school to begin with. That is a recent story. It is literally two weeks ago that she was finally discovered and rescued. These are real stories of women marrying Muslim men and moving to Islamic countries because of love, because they want to support this man. They're moving to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and then they are unable to leave. They are mistreated and, and there is nobody there to help them. There's no US Embassy in Afghanistan. Islamic law allows men essentially to do whatever they want to these women. There is no plan B. So even if she wants to get to Jordan, God forbid, if something goes wrong, if this man is not who she thinks he is, which definitely could be the case if she's only been with him for 12 days, where is she going to go? Who is going to help her? Or is she going to be in some dilapidated room for 12 days? Years, obviously everybody on TikTok, everybody online on Reddit, people who are talking about this, that sends chills down their spine. But Alex Sunny, she doesn't seem worried at all. In fact, when she was asked about the danger and she chose to respond to that, in one of her Q and A videos, she said that actually she was not concerned at all. Because one time she and her friends went to a bad area of Chicago. I shit you not, that is her rationality. Just listen.
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I really like this comment because it reminded me of a time when I went to Chicago with friends. We took the wrong exit and we were immediately pulled over by police and we were told to leave the area because it was too dangerous. So, yeah, do what you will with that info.
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I don't, I actually don't know what I would do with that information. How does that relate at all? Are you saying that the Internet people, the concerned individuals, that we are equivalent to the Chicago PD trying to get you out of a safe area? Are you saying that you have a penchant for dangerous, seedy areas? I have no, I genuinely have no idea what to take with that information. You want me to do with it what I will. I have no idea what I will do with it because I have no words. Now again, it's all so insane. This could be rage bait. She could just be taking everybody along for a ride. But there also is a world where this is totally real. And I personally am inclined to believe that it is. I mean, this young woman, she is a dual citizen. She is from the Middle East. She has renounced publicly her Christian faith. She is now converted to Islam. She is excited about that. Maybe, maybe she's comfortable with all of this. Maybe she is unfazed by what she could see in Afghanistan or encounter there. Or maybe she is just plain dumb and she thinks that somehow she is above all of it, that her husband is above all of it and she thinks it will somehow, that it will not impact her in the slightest. Now, what stood out to me, even though this is just like crazy Internet drama, what stood out to me as I was researching this story and putting together this video was the story of the ISIS bride. The young 15 to 20 year old women who willingly ran away from their comfortable lives to join the Islamic State. And this stood out to me because today, obviously we talk a lot about the brainwashing, the emotional manipulation that happens to young women politically. The way that their brains are captured by the fear mongering done by the media and journalists and their friends. It leaves them so anxious and depressed and angry and so dangerously, dangerously radicalized. And I'm like, oh my gosh, we have, we've seen, seen this before. I mean, what happened in the 2000 and tens must be one of the most extreme examples of that. And I hope that that is not what is happening to Alex Sunny.