Iraqi women are under curtain

They were dancing, but now they are crying.

Like there are two sides of a coin, every policy has people who hurt and people who rejoice. So one or few women dancing does not signify that everything that happened is right or the present lives do not signify that everything this happening is wrong.

I see now. Like in most things in life Cant make everyone happy all the time. Have a great friday there.

Saddam was good or bad that it another question.

correction : please read 'that is'

I hope women get freedom in the future.

The country had been smashed after the war. That was a unjustified war.

usa tries to help those countries where america's interest is involved. yes it is better to say hell to other countries. let them solve their own problems themselves. I think I was not misinformed. I quoted bbc.

The same thing is happening in other Arabic countries, such as Egypt, after the Arab Spring. They replace the more secular dictator with an Islamic government who take away women's rights. That probably would have happened in Iraq eventually whether the U.S. went in there or not. Not everyone wants democracy, or can have it. Democracy only works where most of the people have similar values and have similar ideas about what they want their lives to be like. If you have a minority which has completely the opposite wishes to the majority, as with the Sunnis and Shi-ites in Iraq, you have a problem. A democratic government means the majority always wins. In Iraq, that means the Shi-ites win. The Sunnis, who were running Iraq under Saddam, were bound to object. If the minority group can never get what they want through democratic means - and they can't - they turn to violence and terrorism to get it. In fact, colonial governments may be unpopular but having a third party running things may have been preferable to having constant conflict between competing internal groups jockeying for position. I think the U.S. tried to get each group, Sunnis, Shi-ites and Kurds, represented in the Iraqi government, but the situation is essentially volatile. Dictators tend to represent one side or the other rather than acting for the whole country fairly and they keep control by using ruthless methods. I can't say people need that, although the side the dictator is on might benefit. When you look at it closely, you can perhaps understand why some of them want religious laws to rule rather than political groups, but Shariah law is pretty horrendous for women.

Hi AidaLily and megisthus, both of you enriched the discussion. I have nothing to add. Thanks both of you.

America thinks it has become master of the world and interferes weak nations internal affairs.

Yes I agree with you.

Hi vandana, you are right. But I want to add one point. Saddam was unruly to USA. He was the only vocal against America in the Middle East. So US wanted to punish Saddam and they did it.