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To: zonder who wrote (157280)	5/15/2003 10:34:54 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Let's see if I understand you two - because Saddam didn't treat women significantly worse than he treated anyone else and even let one build bio-weapons for him, and because other countries treat women poorly, he's really not such a bad guy and Iraqis would be better off with him than trying to form a democratic government, which is an inherently uncertain activity. That about cover it? Iraqi women would be much better off with Mr Saddam gone, and in any case, the relative equality of women in Iraq has little to do with his leadership. All the disclaimers in the world don't cover the attempt to minimize or whitewash Saddam's tyranny. Iraq has been civilised more than twice as long as Britain. (It was old when Babylon arose.) What does that have to do with anything? We should not demonise all of Iraq, just its demon of a ruler. Who is demonizing "all of Iraq"? In a region where women are treated as doormats, Iraq offers an example of how an Arab country can adhere to Islam and yet provide women with opportunities. Iraq under Saddam DID NOT "adhere to Islam" and the only "opportunity" it offered women was the opportunity to serve Saddam - otherwise he didn't give a damn about them. Driving a car and not wearing a burka (sp?) may make one appear to have greater equality, not in a nation where individual liberty was non-existent, "equality" only means women lacked the same basic human rights as men.