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To: Thomas M. who wrote (3560)	4/14/2006 6:45:40 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

My understanding is that prior to the war women had the right to vote, to drive and to own businesses; more than half of all attendees at Iraqi universities were women, 48 percent of faculty were women--education, overall, was very much emphasized. 72.14.203.104 womenwarpeace.org peacewomen.org There was a real estate market, a stock market; markets of goods were abundant and visible on the streets (no Walmart, of course) and shops stayed open late; musicians played happy at weddings, and Sunnis married Shiites/vice versa, etc. qando.net afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com rosebaghdad.blogspot.com In fact, the vice president of Iraq under Saddam was a Christian, Tariq Aziz. Message 22354695 Bottom line is Iraq, under Saddam--although repressive and brutal to those who opposed the government-- was a secular society and likely the most secular government in the whole of the MidEast. Today, we see Bush acting like a 'flipflopper' moving his support back and forth from the Shiites to the Sunnis, in effect perpetuating a statemate and a continued US presence.