Iraq really is "The Model"

The title of Admiral Poindexter's web site, Iraq the Model, refers to the idea that the liberated Iraq will serve as a model of democracy for other countries in the region. I think that understates what's happening over there. Iraq is a model for what America can be as well--that is if Our Leader continues to enact the agenda promoted by our clerics in the holy cities of Colorado Springs, Virginia Beach, and Tupelo.

River writes about the exciting changes in Iraq at Baghdad Burning:

They try to give impressive interviews to western press but the situation is wholly different on the inside. Women feel it the most. There?s an almost constant pressure in Baghdad from these parties for women to cover up what little they have showing. There?s a pressure in many colleges for the segregation of males and females. There are the threats, and the printed and verbal warnings, and sometimes we hear of attacks or insults.

You feel it all around you. It begins slowly and almost insidiously. You stop wearing slacks or jeans or skirts that show any leg because you don?t want to be stopped in the street and lectured by someone who doesn?t approve. You stop wearing short sleeves and start preferring wider shirts with a collar that will cover up some of you neck. You stop letting your hair flow because you don?t want to attract attention to it. On the days when you forget to pull it back into a ponytail, you want to kick yourself and you rummage around in your handbag trying to find a hair band? hell, a rubber band to pull back your hair and make sure you attract less attention from *them*.

Thanks to Kevin for the tip.