How can liberal, open-minded American women oppose the war on terror?

Question

I find it amazing that how some women think the Middle East is none of our business, yet they think Islam's treatment of women is incomprehensible, such as Afghan women imprisoned under blue burqas and Pakistani girls marrying strangers against their will. Should we pullout of Iraq or do you respect a religion that forces women into polygamous marriages, mutilates their genitals, forbids them to drive cars and subjects them to the humiliation of "instant" divorce?

Answer 1

yeah it beats me the very ones that are against the war on terror are the very ones that would be hating it the worst if they take over our country and make us follow their ways. They complain about abuse and cruelty and then say leave them alone it is their way. Very double standard. IF they would take over Can you imagine Hillary in a burka?
Then they say, "We need to talk with the terrorists; reason with them!" Can you imagine that one. The terrorists accepting an invite to discuss peace over cookies and tea!
Thats like having a snake in your face ready to bite and you say,
'How nice'
They complained about Abu Grabe but they don't care about how
our soldiers are treated. I heard the prisoners at Abu Grabe are crying for our soldiers to come back because the ones they have now are worse.
I really don't think the American liberal women understand. the terrorists even say they are going to take over and make everybody follow their rules.
People say Iraq is getting worse but I bet they have no idea how it actually was before. Look at all the people Sadam tortured and killed by the hundreds and thousands. Or media does us no justice with how they are not telling the truth about many things

Answer 2

I'm pretty open-minded and liberal when it comes to social matters. But I'm also a hawk when it comes to defending our country against terrorists. I don't oppose the War on Terror, I never have. In fact, I wish with all of my heart that we had actually put everything we had into it, rather than putting it in 2nd place in order to attack a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 and didn't pose an imminent threat to our security. Thanks to Bush and Cheney and their obsession with Iraq and the mismanagement of this war, new terrorist cells are springing up all over the world. The terrorist training camps are multiplying like cockroaches in Afghanistan, Al Queda now has a free hand in Iraq, and every week it seems we hear about new terrorist cells forming in Europe. IF this war were ever about the women of the Middle East, you might have a point. It wasn't, and it never will be. I would certainly back a real war on terror, and I hope we mount one before it's too late.

Answer 3

Again with the liberal term . just because people are against certain wars they may not be liberal at all. they might be against stupid wars.

I look at it this way, when people like you, try and promote your ideas by using words as liberals to degrade other people that may not think the way you do. you already lost your point.
and big guy prior to the the U.S/ Iraq war, the women in that region had more freedom then any other middle eastern country that was under Islamic rule. So don't try and bait the female population with your closed minded questions. if that was the case then The U>S should have invaded every middle eastern country. ESP, Saudi Arabia. but we have not (wonder why?) its not about female rights

Answer 4

As united states of america Joe and the Fish once requested: One, 2, 3 What are we combating for??? isn't a "war" meant to be about opposing aspects? about some type of distinction of opinion, frequently about property that someone needs to "personal"? Supposedly our troops were despatched in to Iraq to locate and damage the notorious and nonexistant WMD. Then we toppled the Iraqi chief--which change into no longer a "undesirable" element in step with se, yet who requested us to objective this? What business business enterprise of ours change into it in the adventure that that they had a tyrant for a pacesetter? (there have been many others through the years--a lot of whom we "supported" with outright good will and funds, or with covert CIA manipulations.) And, now, because the country nears civil war, we stay there, dropping extra youthful adult adult males and women human beings each day. Why? merely to skinny our inhabitants somewhat? (for the reason that maximum of our manufaqcturing is going to China, is this war a fashion to skinny out the available paintings-age toddlers? Afraid they could turn on the authorities if there are not any jobs???) What are we doing there??? And on whose authority are we over there? The Iraqis not in any respect needed Westerners--who don't realize the Arabic attitude besides (and who imagine that we are more effective, more suitable, extra moral, extra righteous, and have self belief contained in the "precise" God)--to clutter of their politics. For each and every of the folk in this united states of america who imagine that the middle East is finished of stone-age barbarians: look on the history of the international!! See how a lot of our cutting-edge day way of existence is the direct fabricated from the historic human beings of Arabia!! (How 'bout those Arabic numerals, eh?) How dare we glance down on those those who've had a civilization for thousands of years in the previous a white guy ever stepped foot on "American" soil??!!? once back, WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE???

Answer 5

The Government that was "voted" in by the Iraqi's is more fundamental and less tolerant of women's rights than was the former Government. Women are being killed, raped and tortured on a daily basis. Is this your idea of furthering the women's rights movement in the Middle East? It is not mine, nor would I imagine the women of Iraq's, if they had a choice

Answer 6

Of course you find it amazing... you do not understand American women. First of all.. the middle east is none of our business.. at least not in the way you mean. The only reason we are there is one mans ego.
And yes, the Islam treatment of women is disgusting, but until those women start to step up and out of the tyranny, like American women did.. there is no help for them.
This war has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with religion.. it has to do with greed. Our being there is doing nothing to help Islam women, but it is killing the sons and daughters of American women.. and you bet! We don't like it!

Answer 7

Nothing we're doing over there is helping the women gain any more rights, and it's killing some as innocent bystanders to a useless war.

Answer 8

When one speaks to Muslim women for the most part they embrace their religion. Just because I wouldn't want to live like that doesn't mean other women don't!
As a liberal I very much believe in the separation of the church and state. Muslim women put church first!

Answer 9

Typical con "morals" You want to impose yours on others.

Answer 10

here are women in islam

http://www.submission.org/women/

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9184353144432289069&q=islam&hl=en