Saturday, February 09, 2008

All the noble reasons....

Mcjoan at Daily Kos gives us an update on all the good we've done for the Iraqi women:
Reason #5930 for the invasion of Iraq, liberating Iraqi women, has been thoroughly debunked.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The images in the Basra police file are nauseating: Page after page of women killed in brutal fashion -- some strangled to death, their faces disfigured; others beheaded. All bear signs of torture.

The women are killed, police say, because they failed to wear a headscarf or because they ignored other "rules" that secretive fundamentalist groups want to enforce.

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That pretty much redefines freedom and democracy in Bushspeak. It means freedom for private contractors to exploit this war for every dime they can get. I'm not sure where the democracy fits into the picture, but it pretty much means fear and horror for everyone else involved who isn't a profiteer. [snip]

--the BB

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