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2004-03-05 International-UN-NGOs

U.S. Criticized Over Arab Women's Rights

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Posted by Steve White 2004-03-05 00:24|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What are we going to do with a third world full of women who think the U.S.A. owes them a living? That's where these "Women's Idiots", (insert the name of your choice), organizations are out there doing. They're teaching these women how to DEMAND "entitlements" from the U.S. treasury.

Posted by Danny 2004-3-5 12:35:32 AM|| 2004-3-5 12:35:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If these "feminists" are so concerned with the plight and future of 3rd world women, I'd suggest they get off their Western asses and to over there and do something constructive to help the women.

But they'll never give up their comfy Western lives. They're whiners, not doers.

And I resent them for the bad name they give real women.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-3-5 12:43:58 AM|| 2004-3-5 12:43:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Why don't they go over to Iraq and make their case to Mullah Sadr?

Go up to Khandahar and deliver their report to the locals? Huh?

Think globally, act locally. Go develop some community ties, human networks, spread freedom and opportunity? Go preach women's rights to the village Imam in the tribal lands on Pakistan's border.

Posted by Tokyo Taro 2004-3-5 12:51:07 AM|| 2004-3-5 12:51:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 They can't do that, TT, they might muss up their hair. Ya can't make a statement with bad hair.

Whereas I think the women of Rantburg could go over there and kick Sadr's ass.

Posted by Steve White 2004-3-5 12:58:33 AM|| 2004-3-5 12:58:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Let me guess. These three women organizations called to demonstrate against the war for oil and called to ask about "why they hate us" instead of Afgahnistan.

Posted by JFM 2004-3-5 2:04:30 AM|| 2004-3-5 2:04:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Excellent Comments All.

Posted by B 2004-3-5 2:27:59 AM|| 2004-3-5 2:27:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 While our feminists are arguing for, (well.. what are they arguing for these days?) those gals over there in Afghanistan and Iraq are fighting real problems, the chattle attitude, the Shaira laws that say that female adulterers get stoned while men go free, manditory burka wearing, no education because you got an innie instead of an outie. Why western feminists don't do more to help them is beyond me. Makes ours look like hypocrits.

Posted by Ben 2004-3-5 4:59:42 AM|| 2004-3-5 4:59:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I believe that there are several worthwhile feminist groups in the US that make a diference - the League of Women Voters comes to mind. These three groups do not fall into that catagory.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-3-5 7:44:45 AM|| 2004-3-5 7:44:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority, said in a telephone conference. "But strong statements have not been met with actual action."

Lord, have mercy. It's back. Just when you think the women's rights movement is over and women's rights won, here comes Eleanor bitching some more.

I think the administration just doesn't get it," she said. "They are speaking about women's rights and participation. I think they have underestimated the extremism (opposing women's rights...

June, just a hint: I wouldn't talk about extremeism while leading a pack of carpet munchers. Cute trick though, complaining about Bush inasmuch as he was the one who knocked out two anti-western values governments and restored some sanity in government there. Not even your fave cabana boy Clinton had the cajones to do that.

Oopsie. Did I say cajones?

Posted by badanov 2004-3-5 8:59:14 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-3-5 8:59:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Radical feminists - why do they hate us?

Posted by Sparks 2004-3-5 9:13:34 AM|| 2004-3-5 9:13:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 I'll wager that the three named organizations put together don't have the number of members as Concerned Women for America.

Posted by eLarson 2004-3-5 10:31:41 AM|| 2004-3-5 10:31:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Relax... they just want someone to look pained and talk a bunch of sh*t about policies he never intends to pursue. Clinton set the bar pretty high in this respect.

Posted by BH 2004-3-5 10:52:13 AM|| 2004-3-5 10:52:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 I see the script for a new movie....Godzilla vs the Taliban....

wait, that was so last year.

Posted by john 2004-3-5 12:14:31 PM|| 2004-3-5 12:14:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I see the script for a new movie....Godzilla vs the Taliban....

wait, that was so last year.

Posted by john 2004-3-5 12:14:34 PM|| 2004-3-5 12:14:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 its is not up to the US to dictate internal issues for these people. we need to maintain the communication and support for these issues and ensure raghead terrorists do not gain controll. outside of this it is up to the locals. we can do only so much.
if we keep the ragheads at bay then moderate forces in these countries and take the forefront.

Posted by Dan 2004-3-5 3:11:54 PM|| 2004-3-5 3:11:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 These aren't feminists, IMHO, they're LLL morons who're hiding behind their gender in hopes of making any dissent to their idiocy seem un-PC.

Melike wymyns. Merespect wymyns. The best programmer I've ever known was a wymyns. I wanted to jump her brain - and her bones were pretty great, too - but that brain... yummynumms! In all aspects of law, wymyns should be treated absolutely equally. Period.

Posted by .com 2004-3-5 9:51:38 PM|| 2004-3-5 9:51:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Something else that's America's fault? Oh, well. Add it to the list...

Posted by tu3031 2004-3-5 10:29:09 PM|| 2004-3-5 10:29:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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