Showing the Heathen How to Live
But America's rainbow outdoes them all, says Friedman. It has brighter shades of pink!
“In trying to bring some democracy to Iraq,” the writer continues, “America is not just challenging the dictatorial‐tribal political order here, but the male‐dominated culture as well.”
For the Navy has broken the taboo of thousands of years of fighting at sea. It has put women on its warships: “The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Monomoy, alongside the Chosin, has a female executive officer, who often leads the landing parties that inspect boats in the Gulf; one of the U.S. Navy's fast patrol boats, also alongside the Chosin, had a female captain.”
If only the Iraqis could be more like us, says the world improver.
We swoon at the thought of it. We are feeding so many good things to the Iraqis all at once: democracy, diversity, feminism. It is no wonder the poor Iraqis choke.
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