Thursday, April 10, 2014

Just what 4,000+ American men and women died for, and many thousands more wounded for ..

Iraq poised to legalize marriage for girls as young as 9

Decades ago, in the years after Iraq gained independence, a tradition of child marriage persisted in its hills and plains. Upon their fathers’ orders, Iraqi girls were betrothed to strangers and rivals alike to resolve tribal disputes or incur favor.

4 comments:

Pastorius said...

George Bush's policies of letting the Muslims write their own Constitution - instead of outlawing Sharia - THAT'S what caused this.

Sure, Islam caused it.

But it could EASILY have been prevented.

It really is Bush's fault.

Unknown said...

Obama: If We Work Hard, Afghanistan Could Be a Success...Like Iraq!


Afghanistan 'success' imminent.

Epaminondas said...

The only way the USA could have banned Sharia from the Iraqi constitution is if Iraq looked like Japan and Germany in 1945

Pastorius said...

Right.

And that's how you win a war and establish a lasting peace.