What a stupid thing to say ! ...
Hillary to Troops: Support for War Fading
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Thank you, Tom Ridge !:
Posted on 02/27/2004 8:32:32 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Sen. Hillary Clinton said this week that Iraqi women were better off under Saddam Hussein, arguing that when the brutal dictator ran the country women were at least assured the right to participate in Iraq's public life. In comments that went unreported by the mainstream press, the former first lady told the Brookings Institution on Wednesday that since Saddam's removal from power, Iraq's post war governing councils had engaged in "pullbacks in the rights [women] were given under Saddam Hussein." Sen. Clinton noted that while Saddam had been "an equal opportunity oppressor," women were at least assured certain constitutional guarantees. While ignoring reports about the brutal dictator's rape rooms and other forms of persecution that were routine for women under his regime, Sen. Clinton insisted: "On paper, women had rights." And for Iraqi women, those paper promises translated into real benefits, she claimed. "They went to school; they participated in the professions, they participated in the government and business and, as long as they stayed out of [Saddam's] way, they had considerable freedom of movement," Clinton insisted. But since Saddam's removal, the plight of Iraq's women has taken a significant turn for the worse, she contended. "Now, what we see happening in Iraq is the governing council attempting to shift large parts of civl law into religious jurisdiction," Sen. Clinton explained, saying the loss of Saddam's guarantees amounted to a "horrific mistake" for women. During her trip to Iraq last November, Clinton said Iraqi women told her personally how they felt less safe since the U.S. deposed Saddam. "Women tell me they can't leave their homes, they can't go about their daily business. And there is a concerted effort to burn schools that are educating girls [and] to intimidate aid workers who are women," the leading Democrat complained. The former first lady called on President Bush to issue a statement that the U.S. "will not become the vehicle by which women's rights in Iraq are turned back." A full transcript of Sen. Clinton's remarks is available on the Brookings Institution Web site at: http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/comm/events/20040225.pdf. Her remarks on the worsening plight of Iraqi women can be found on pages 36, 37, and 38.
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists and the democrats are sad ~ very sad!
Hillary: Iraqi Women Better Off Under Saddam Then They Would Be Under Me
See, now it's accurate.
Yep.
That's exactly how it is for me with her. It printed out to 38 pages here at work and I will count the "you knows" when I read it tonight. Someone has to keep an eye on what she's saying.
What a stupid thing to say ! ...
Hillary to Troops: Support for War Fading
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Thank you, Tom Ridge !:
ping !
We also have to do more on women's rights and roles. And I have been deeply troubled by what I hear coming out of Iraq. When I was there and met with women members of the governing councils and local-of the national governing councils and local governing councils in Baghdad and Kirkuk, they were starting to express concerns about some of the pullbacks in the rights that they were given under Saddam Hussein. He was an equal opportunity oppressor, but on paper, women had rights; they went to school; they participated in the professions; they participated in the government; and business and, as long as they stayed out of his way, they had considerable freedom of movement.
Now what we see in Iraq is the governing council attempting to shift large parts of civil law into religious jurisdiction. This would be a horrific mistake and especially for it to happen on our watch. And I have spoken to the White House about this on several occasions. I appreciated Ambassador Bremer speaking out on the need to involve women. But we must go much further. I would like to see a statement from the President. I would like to see a much greater emphasis that we will not have become the vehicle by which women's rights in Iraq are turned back.
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She is misrepresenting the Bush administration and Bremer's oft spoken committment to the new Iraqi government being democratically elected and secular.
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