New York Times :: Veiled and Worried in Baghdad
Article

> With an intensity reminiscent of how they feared
> Saddam Hussein, women now fear the abduction, rape
> and murder that have become rampant here since his
> regime fell. Life for Iraqi women has been reduced to
> one need that must be met before anything else can
> happen.

You could apply the "bogus trendspotting" critique outlined in a recent Slate article to this Times' op-ed piece, in that it presents only scattershot, though emotionally resonant, anecdotal evidence to support its claim. But it is entirely consistent with the social animal (ie. evolutionary) theory of human nature -- as opposed to the rosy scenario theory of human nature which the Bush Administration adopted in all its projections regarding the war.
posted by Tomohiro Idokoro @ 8:01 AM

____________________

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

____________________

Return to Index