foreign policy
not much going on in the life of holly. thought i'd share to you some interesting stuff i learned in amer. for. policy this week:
swaziland--bus drivers are taking to raping women on the bus that wear miniskirts. 3 men have been convicted for the gangrape of one woman, and three other women have come foward. many other women have had their skirts ripped off in the bus depot by these busdrivers. the bus drivers say that miniskirts cause lustful thoughts. furthermore, women who wear miniskirts want to be raped, so they're just giving them what they want. it is interesting to note the women of swaziland for all intensive purposes wear the clothes of women in the west. miniskirts were introduced to swaziland in the 1960s, thus the miniskirt isn't a new fad. side note: swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in sub-saharan africa.**
england--blair does not apologize in the least for ousting saddam hussein. however he does state that the intelligiance proving that he housed WMD was not correct. i know this is common knowledge, but i just found it interesting, as blair has thus far been bush's best supporter. while i suppose he still is, it surprises me that he would come out with this statement when bush has not made a similar statement. it was discussed in class that he merely pushes away the question or outright defends his position when asked, and thus far hasn't quasi-apologized to the american people.
jordan--king abdullah states that he does not think the upcoming elections in iraq will be fair. he does not think that iraq is ready for such elections, and any outcomes will be incorrect in some manner. as one of bush's closest ally's in the region, this is not good for bush. sidenote: king abdullah is meeting with jacques chirac this week in france.
so that's just a couple of things that interested me this tuesday in american foreign policy. surely not the most interesting occurences over the last few days, but noteworthy nonetheless.
**realize this has nothing to do with US foreign policy, it was just an interesting (but nonetheless horrifying) story
swaziland--bus drivers are taking to raping women on the bus that wear miniskirts. 3 men have been convicted for the gangrape of one woman, and three other women have come foward. many other women have had their skirts ripped off in the bus depot by these busdrivers. the bus drivers say that miniskirts cause lustful thoughts. furthermore, women who wear miniskirts want to be raped, so they're just giving them what they want. it is interesting to note the women of swaziland for all intensive purposes wear the clothes of women in the west. miniskirts were introduced to swaziland in the 1960s, thus the miniskirt isn't a new fad. side note: swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in sub-saharan africa.**
england--blair does not apologize in the least for ousting saddam hussein. however he does state that the intelligiance proving that he housed WMD was not correct. i know this is common knowledge, but i just found it interesting, as blair has thus far been bush's best supporter. while i suppose he still is, it surprises me that he would come out with this statement when bush has not made a similar statement. it was discussed in class that he merely pushes away the question or outright defends his position when asked, and thus far hasn't quasi-apologized to the american people.
jordan--king abdullah states that he does not think the upcoming elections in iraq will be fair. he does not think that iraq is ready for such elections, and any outcomes will be incorrect in some manner. as one of bush's closest ally's in the region, this is not good for bush. sidenote: king abdullah is meeting with jacques chirac this week in france.
so that's just a couple of things that interested me this tuesday in american foreign policy. surely not the most interesting occurences over the last few days, but noteworthy nonetheless.
**realize this has nothing to do with US foreign policy, it was just an interesting (but nonetheless horrifying) story
Labels: England, Jordan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Swaziland
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