Despicable in the first order...

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I completely agree with you ABF that it is not right to remove women's right by throwing in those disclaimers like "As long as it does not conflict with Islamic law", because we all know Islamic law is completely against equal rights for women. I also know that if we are not wise in this situation and push too many "Western" laws into place, there will be a revolt. Islam holds most of these people in a death grip, because they can be severly punished for disobeying Islamic law. Remember, these people don't have freedom of religion. Now a lot of the people claim to be Muslim, ubut they do not actively follow it's laws and it's something they do because they are supposed to. It's just like Christianity here. The difference is that Muslims live in fear if they disobey because the radical religious leaders will beat, torture, or kill those who they consider enemies to Islam. And people who stand up and up make a point of saying they shouldn't have Islamic laws in the new constitution become great big targets.

Now don't misunderstand, I'm not pro-Islam in the slightest. I hate Islam. But the world isn't changed overnight. Before you rage against the leaders, you need to have some understanding of what life is like for them. I think they biggest thing is to give them a democracy, place some key ideas in their minds, and give the keys to the people. Let them make the push for equal rights, just like what happened here. Then it will be a decision Iraq made, not a decision the US made.

And finally, what is with the comment " I just don't know if this administration cares enough to try...". Are you blaming this on Bush?