Comments on: Somali, Iraqi Women Face More Violence

U.N. Official Says Situation For Women In Many Countries Getting Worse

[laurieleemoo]

their silence speaks a THOUSAND WORDS!!!!!

[laurieleemoo]

i've heard some of them say---oh, were are not that way---we are not the type to speak out. yeah, well i turn on my tv and see protests by muslims all over the world against the U.S.----so they can't get away with that reasoning---'cause they have some of the biggest mouths and scream louder than anyone else. So, don't let them fool you that they are just quiet and reserved because OBVIOUSLY that is just not the case. NOW THEY NEED TO USE THOSE BIG MOUTHS in the right way and PROTEST against the RADICALS----or else don't come crying to us when you are spoken about in a GENERAL manner! Capeche!

[laurieleemoo]

if they don't even try to seperate themselves from these people-----DON'T EXPECT US TO DO SO EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[laurieleemoo]

xenalily---guess what, there actually are enough BAD Muslims out there now for us to be able to GENERALIZE! Hey, i have not heard, but maybe one or two muslims actually try to seperate themselves from these radicals, so...............until then, you're *** straight we will generalize them all. IT IS UP TO THEM TO SEPERATE THEMSELVES FROM THESE PEOPLE SINCE THEY ACTUALLY ARE THE MAJORITY NOW IT SEEMS. So, if they don't want people Generalizing them and lumping them all together then maybe instead of using their time to talk about how the americans treat them badly---and protesting against the americans all the time---MAYBE they could spend the time better by PROTESTING against all the idiots who GIVE THEM a BAD name----don't ya think?????? Maybe they should start being RESPONSIBLE muslims and EDUCATING their counterparts to stop all the HATE.

[bluestardad]

CALL TO AMERICAN VOTER
STAY FOCUSED AMERICA IT IS ABOUT TO GET TOUGH. WE HAVE A FEW MORE DAYS OF INTENSE ATTACK ADS, SMOKE SCREENS, DIVISION OF ELECTORATE, DECEPTION, MISREPRESENTATION, AND LIES, TO ENDURE BEFORE WE CAN UNCOVER THE ELECTION FRAUD, RECOUNT THE VOTE, AND THROW THESE CRIMINALS OUT OF OFFICE. THEN WE CAN START HEALING AMERICA.

[Syndicate]

As bad as thigs are in Iraq women don't have to worry about being rapped by Uday on there wedding day and then thrown of a twenty story balcony anymore.

[grumpas]

Truman wasn't as much of a wimp as he was intelligent! There is a big difference between the two! He was smart enough to know getting into a war with China would only escalate into a mess! There was no support in this country for that kind of a war (I lived in that era)! People had lived through the second world war and didn't want another major conflict right then! Of coarse, we could have nuked them! But, when you are a super-power you have responsibilities to use that awesome power a little more wisely! To think about the consequences of your actions before you doom millions to a horrible death regardless of the reasons! There was not the world support for that kind of war either! The President we have now could take some lessons from Truman and Eisenhower both! Eisenhower warned against the military complex effect then! Bush has fallen into that trap! I can well imagine that women are mistreated in those countries! Anytime there is excessive religion involved women always lose in the end! Because religion was designed by men for men!

[cathaleen]

There is a two-edged problem for the women in these countries. First is family and second is religion - both effect how these women are treated. Their family and religion both treat them like chattel. Basically a woman is owned by the male members of the family (she does all the
domestic work), she is not educated and then is given away in marriage for maybe a few goats.

Unless they change their whole way of life, there is no answer.

[xenalily]

mjv2944- you can't make blanket statements about the Muslim religion that way. My African Muslim co-worker's wife is also African in origin, a beautiful and educated woman who works full time in a high paying job, drives an expensive car, wears makeup and fashionable clothes and is loved deeply by her husband. Not all Muslims oppress women.

[exusmcsgt]

You won't hear any reference to this piece from the presidential podium.....