Originally posted by SD67
I think you're being a little harsh, I can see TxMom's point. It may well be so that she has enjoyed coffee with her colleagues at the coffee shop that way for years, but the fact still remains she probably did so knowing she was breaking the law. While I agree the treatment was harsh and unjust and the law is draconian, the woman is still subject to the same laws as everyone else.
Well, but Islam was founded way back in the 7th Century. The rest of the world has evolved another 14 centuries. Women, even in the most modern nations, have not had voting rights yet for an entire century at this point. And women have become leaders of even democratic nations only very recently, in terms of historical perspective.
This whole issue to me is one of the things that upsets me the most about Bush's fiasco in Iraq. Not only has this war wasted countless lives and bankrupt our government, and now driven our economy into a deep recession, but it has made the lives of Iraqi women far worse.
Under Saddam, Iraq had a completely secular government, where women enjoyed many of the same rights as women in many western nations. Now they are facing the prospect of their rights being lowered down to the level that women have in many other Muslim nations.
Just look at the reports out of Basra this past week, of women being beaten and murdered for doing things like wearing lipstick, wearing eye makeup, and not wearing a scarf to cover their hair. Signs are being put up all over the city by Islamic vigilantes, warning women to obey Sharia law or face the consequences.
The exact same thing will happen once we start turning areas over to Iraqi control.
If I was a woman living in Iraq, I would curse America every day of my life.
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