Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Iraqi schools now producing the roots of terrorism
Schools in Iraq are turning away from secular teachings and are now under the influence of private schools who, instead of teaching the alphabet and mathematics, are teaching the Koran and various aspects of fundamentalist Islam.
The same thing is happening at the various universities in Iraq. The self appointed "morality police" recently turned away a young woman for wearing pants. Hard line religious fundamentalists are beginning to take hold.
Saddam Hussein was a terrible guy, no doubt about it. But the US has done a grave disservice to Iraq...and ultimately to ourselves. We invaded and toppled the government of a country that was literally being held together by a dictator. Now it's breaking up into factions...and instead of educating future doctors and scientists and engineers, it's educating future terrorists.
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The same thing is happening at the various universities in Iraq. The self appointed "morality police" recently turned away a young woman for wearing pants. Hard line religious fundamentalists are beginning to take hold.
Saddam Hussein was a terrible guy, no doubt about it. But the US has done a grave disservice to Iraq...and ultimately to ourselves. We invaded and toppled the government of a country that was literally being held together by a dictator. Now it's breaking up into factions...and instead of educating future doctors and scientists and engineers, it's educating future terrorists.
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