The "neo-triumphants"
On a completely unrelated matter, I came across this "editor's insight" from NBR's Nevil Gibson:
"That Mr Wolfowitz will bring fresh vision and drive to the capitalist war against poverty goes without saying. Socialists (unless they are of the Chinese post-communist sort) cannot beat poverty but conservatives can. You won't find any kind things said about him in the media. This is despite, or perhaps because, his efforts so far have included the spread of democracy through the Muslim world and the likelihood of the Palestinians giving up terrorism against Israel."
I must have been asleep when all that happened. I'd laugh if it wasn't so tragic. The Spectator has a more realistic assessment.
"For the dwindling band of us prepared to admit that we backed the war in Iraq, there appears to be yet more bad news from Baghdad. By next Monday the Iraqis are supposed to have agreed a new constitution, and early indications have been that it will not be an entirely progressive document."Women, it seems, will be the big losers. The Spectator concludes that "Half of freedom’s loaf is better than none." That means "democracy", of a sort, for the men and a big step backwards for Iraq's women. I can't wait to see the neo-cons embracing cultural relativism on this one.
posted by Rob O'Neill at 9:53 PM
2 Comments:
In what way exactly is this a step backward for Iraq's women?
It's not a step forward, but is that the same thing?
No.
Bloody Spectator taking their copy off to archives so you can't limk to it!
The gist is that under Saddam's Iraq, totalitarian dictatorship that it was, was a secular society. Women could get an education and lead a career etc. The new constitution looks to be leaving enough wriggle room for fundamenatlist muslims to undermine those rights.
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