Fear

It's not my thing to use blogs as diaries, because, well, why would you be interested in my little life? I'd rather you be interested in something I have to say than who I talked to today.
But this is related to a recent mile stonearoundtheneck that our nation has reached--4,000 of our young men and women are dead.

I have a fair number of friends in one or another branch of the military, and I dread seeing a face I know gracing the cover page of my local newspaper. I walk around my neighborhood and see RIP stickers on cars for people in my 'burb who've died. I don't ever want to face the opportunity to get one of those for someone I love. Articles that discuss this topic I read with the deepest trepidation, worrying I'll see a name I know. A face I know.

#4,000, whoever you are, may you rest in peace.

Misogyny in Iraq

So, the latest news in Iraq has focused on the killings of women in the most brutal ways imaginable, for the simple crimes of not wearing a headscarf, wearing makeup, or even wearing a colorful headscarf. And more than a few were victims of honor killings.
The sheer ability of man to inflict pain on others is astounding.
And so much for Iraq making any progress--the killers are rarely caught.
Neurotica, of Neurotic Iraqi Wife, discusses this in her latest blog post. She lives in Baghdad, and it's no better there than in Basra, which is where the CNN article is talking about, apparently.
These women are tortured, maimed and killed--often by beheading. There have been a number of incidents where a woman was killed in front of her children.
Why the feminists have remained silent when these women are in need is beyond me. The culture of political correctness is allowing these women to be killed without mercy, for fear of being labeled 'racist' because of the culture. I do not think we can remain silent and have Iraq become the country it could be.