Failed Bush Policies Fueling Insurgency in Iraq
It turns out that despair is driving Iraqi women to launch attacks on our soldiers in Iraq and are thus fueling the insurgency. And this state of affairs is a direct result of the failed Bush/McCain policies in Iraq. The limitations of the McCain Doctrine are being shown -- the fact of the matter is that wherever it achieves success in stopping potential bombings and catching insurgents, it turns out to be a pyrrhic victory -- the women, who have nowhere else to go, become insurgents themselves and launch suicide attacks against our troops. And whenever people are captured or killed, there are many more who will take their place.
Before the invasion and occupation of Iraq, women had more equality than in a lot of places in the Middle East. But the deposal of Saddam changed all that, and most places in Iraq reverted to traditional ways as Iraq became a failed state and loyalty to tribe became more important than loyalty to country. So, when the wifes of husbands who are killed in action or who are killed carrying out a suicide attack have nowhere else to do, because of the massive inequality of women in that country, they feel they have little choice but to follow in the footsteps of their dead spouses. And the war drags on.
The subordinate role of women in conservative, rural Sunni families in Diyala makes them particularly vulnerable to pressure, said Sajar Qaduri, a member of the Diyala Provincial Council and the only woman on its security committee.
“Although she is bombing herself and aiming to kill people, I feel these women are really victims of terrorism,” said Mrs. Qaduri, who is a Shiite and whose husband was kidnapped two years ago and has not been heard from since. “Only women in despair, in desperate situations, would do this. Dealing with such a phenomenon is not easy.”
She added: “Our Oriental society is not like your Western society. It seems in many of these cases the women have had their husband killed or sent to prison and she feels she has no choice, she is very depressed.”
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