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Certainly, how our women dress could not possibly represent our moral standing in the world. Parents are allowing their little girls to dress like Brittany Spears slut-wanna-be's, so I am inclined to ask if the head scarf isn't the moral high ground? It was once required of Catholic women while attending church in this country.
I remember those bad 'ol days when rape was an acceptable excuse based upon what the girl or woman was wearing... "She asked for it" was all that needed to be said. If a sovereign country has a cultural requirement that insists on women covering their body/sexuality in public, how is it that they are oppressed, as opposed to our young girls being sexually exploited by friggin "fashion?"
Our involvement in any nation should be limited to protecting the life of it's citizens, as in the case of genocide or ethnic cleansing, and more importantly in providing food and health resources in times of need. I further believe that the United Nations is the best forum to achieve positive results in afflicted nations.
I readily admit that my opinion has nothing whatsoever to do with the current administration's foreign policy. Frankly, I can't give you a single example of any altruistic intervention by our government in it's entire history that wasn't motivated by at least a quid pro quo.
The United States of America lost it's right to claim moral leadership long ago, but it has been cemented with this administration.
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