The Bush Administration should tie aid and commerce to reductions in human rights abuses... just like it has done with some other coutries. Frankly, women in the People’s Republic of China have more freedom than women in Saudi Arabia.
> The Bush Administration should tie aid and commerce to reductions in human rights abuses... just like it has done with some other coutries. Frankly, women in the People’s Republic of China have more freedom than women in Saudi Arabia.
Amen and amen. W talked about the closing of Iraq’s rape rooms with pride (and rightly so) yet women are being WHIPPED for being rape *VICTIMS* and the State department whistles and looks away... disgusting! Read this and weep:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928356/posts
We tried this kind of policy with Iran and the Shah. Do we want a Khomeini style leader/government in Saudi Arabia?