Do you think in a culture where women are still secound class citizens an arab country would negotiate with America
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It is surprising, but I think they generally treat them as they would anyone else when they are leaders of a country, or even representatives.  Angela Merkel of Germany, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and many other women heads of state have dealt with Arab nations without any problems.
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if you are really a palestiniane but it in your heart and your mind that you will do your best to make your family proud of you ,i know it is hard to live in another country espicially with that difference in toughts and culture \nbut you have to do it girl \nfor the sack of the idea that arabs are no use and no where \nkiss
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To a certian extent, I beleive it would be. There would be less wars and that's a very good reason to me. It is a fact that women leaders do not normally start wars.
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Yes. But not in the same capacity as the past. Without unilateral trust from all involved (witch is only going to be gained by equal treatment to all parties involved) even if it is not perceived to be earned, it will always be one step forward, and two steps back. Even Israel doesn't really trust us. It's just more beneficial to go along with our monetary gestures; after all what have we ever asked from them in return? Use of their airstrips to launch attacks from (which we in turn pay for the privilege). If we are to be negotiators of peace, we need to be perceived by all communities as even handed and fair minded brokers. Fair minded brokers don't negotiate with one hand behind their back.
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While I don't think they would ever become one country because of its values, racial, cultural, and religious diversity, it's people seem to treat each other as one big family.
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This is my humble opinion, take it as you will\n\nAmerica overall is not ready to see women POW/MIAs, and they are especially not ready to hear about hundreds of them dying.  This said, there are many women who physically could do the fighting, but there are many women who could not.  The same goes with men, and the less strong men are used to drive vehicles or fly airplanes or do other non combat roles.  Women could do these roles.  Medical roles, cooking, flying and driving and doing whatever else non direct combat roles are available.\n\nI am not trying to be sexist, but the fact is, no one would want to see their daughters drafted and sent to war.  Some may society has yet to evolve, some may agree that it should never happen.  Either way, at this time and place, women should not take place in direct combat roles, nor be drafted in the conventional sense.\n\nIf the need is great enough, and Iraq will not creat that need, but hypothetically, a special draft could be used to get women into jobs that are needed for them to do.  But I repeat, they will not, nor should no, be sent into direct combat roles.\n\nYou know I'm not sexist, but thats my rambling for today\n\nEDIT - CandyCane is right, a man would probably be distracted in worrying about his fellow female soldier's safety
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yes because both countries had taken steps againest extremists.Both countries have 50% same cultural values.We can live in friendly enviorment.
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No and no. I would surely hope that at this point people are warming up to the idea of having a female leader.  Other countries have and are doing just fine.
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Well,honestly,before coming to Iraq,I would have said yes,they're all terrorists.\n\nI am very glad I came to Iraq.It's opened my eyes to a race of people I hadn't experienced much if any.I have found Iraqis and other Arabs to be some of the nicest,helpful,hospitable people I've known.I wouldn't trade my time here for anything.I think I'd like to travel to a safer Arab country to experience more though.I hope Iraq will calm down and stabilize so people can return and experience what Iraq has to offer.A very rich history.I am in the process of learning Arabic.I love Arabic.It's a beautiful written language.So artful.\n\nArabian girls?What can I say.....I like the stereo typical Arabian girl....Long flowing black hair,eyes shaped like almonds......Oh man...My soul gets firery just thinking of them.How could ANYONE hate them????They have the most seductive eyes in the freakin world.How could anyone not get lost in them?\n\nHonestly,I would consider my self lucky if I found a girl who's even has a fraction of Arab blood.\n\nPeople who think they are all terrorist have not been to Arab countries.I can't say I really blame them,because I was one of them.But as for me,I know otherwise.\n\nI also like that even some Christian Arab women cover their hair.It's like saying,"This is for my man,and him only!"Who couldn't love that kind of loyalty and devotion.They seem to be mostly traditional minded.That's more than I can say for a lot of American women.\n\nIn fact,if I was talking to you and found out you were Arabian,you'd probably get tiered of seeing me.\n\nI wish one day I can have an Arabian woman for my own,but it'll never happen.But it's nice to think about..(-;
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well i am not an arabian girl but my great-great-great grandma was. anyways i am a muslim and for me the only way to resolve it is through unity. the people of the middle east have to unite cos the more they fight each other the better chances for other nations to fire up the dispute. you know it is common sense. US and other nations who are at war there are making it worse only because the middle eastern people could not control themselves. if they really want to fight, it is the israelis and US armies that they have to worry about. it is their nation, i mean middle eastern people and middle eastern land. really it is up to them to solve it. and for the rest of the world it is definitely not worth it to go there and worsen the dispute. stay united and tolerate each other for your nation and for the next generation. i hope i will be able to see the end of this problem cos i feel sad to see innocence die and hatred prevail.
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Woe to a certain somebody who thinks America lacks natural resources. Have you any idea how big the United States is? 4th largest country in the world...\n\nBut anyhow, things would be scary... trade would certainly be thrown to the dogs. The world would be shocked, I reckon. Then people would start jabbering and causing a chaotic fit amidst themselves. Those who got money from the United States would see a huge gap in their marketing areas. In the Middle East, Muslims would briefly celebrate, and then they would try to go for Israel and some European countries instead of the United States. Britain would lose its biggest ally, Canada would have a war with us, Mexicans would be slaughtered, and some people who happened to have families in the U.S. would mourn.
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it is the fact that she has grabbed the other man by his "parts" that is the trouble.  Respectfully there are two thoughts that come to my mind about this as a woman...would a man WANT a woman fighting his battles for him?  and would a man WANT his wife with a handful of another man's "parts"?  We also have to remember the time and place of these individuals, their customs, and beliefs.\nDo you think it is accepted any more today in the modern Middle East than it was back then?  A friend of mine visited the Holy Lands a few years back and reported that the tour guide told her that it was a good thing that she didn't live there permanently because she would be beaten for talking too much.  Some of the old ways still exist today and it isn't only Jewish in origin.  At least Jewish women aren't running around in burkas being married off at 4 years old.
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Yes, it is rather grand come to think of it.\nBut history has shown that what goes up must come down. The caucasian race will have it's day - like the Egyptians, the Romans, the Greeks, etc. and it'd be a time where the baton will be passed.\nIt took many years to build Rome but only a day to destroy it. We've all learnt History sometime in our lives, there's always a change of hands in power.\n\nThe only thing I hope for is that it doesn't go into the hands of some violatile race...like the Arabs... unless they get their act together. \nIt's scary. All known search for knowledge, science, freedom, religious freedom and progress as we know it would just stop and I imagine we'd be plunged back into the middle ages.\nI mean, technically, if you see what the Arabs are doing with their oil money, it's just spend, spend, spend on bad investments and investments with no return, building big cities based on Western technology, lots of religious oppression still and women are still marginally going forward compared to the past.\nAnyway, the contemplation is very disturbing.\n\n\nJenova\n(d.yuffie@gmail.com)
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of course they should,but they won't,\nas long as (papa america )is the only big power in world.\nwhy should they,even if all the members of the U.N said they should,the usa will vito against it:)              (haha,,, usa democracy)\nand people r wondering why arabs and muslim don't like usa?\nby the way most of the answers u got r unlogic at all,exept the one from (enlight1),though i dont agree with him,cause if we say that it means that nobody will ever be responsible for his action as long as he is powerfull,thats the law of jungles.\nand someone said that Syria gave up palestine???since when was palestine belonge to syria???\nand other said that arabs expeld jews from there countries,then said that 8000 jews r STILL living in arab countries till now??!!!!!what a logical statement:)lol
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Even if an elite few ruled, there will still be a difference of opinion but it just may not be expressed in the same way.  Take Iraq, for instance.  Saddam and a few loyalists ruled the country with an iron fist and anyone who went against them disappeared overnight.  When the power was no longer in the hands of the elite few, the people rejoiced because they were able to finally express themselves after so many years of oppression.\n\nAs for 9/11, there were several factors building up for years that resulted in those events.  Basically, it seems to be a political conflict wrapped in religious rhetoric.  Osama and his buddies don't like the policies between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and other mid-east or predominantly Muslim countries and so they use religion to stir up the masses of disillusioned people to wage a holy war.  They make it seem as if the U.S. is the enemy even though their own leaders are mostly at fault for their country's conditions.\n\nWars are caused by those who want something and either can't wait long enough to get it through negotiation or have no interest in waiting at all.\n\nWill it always be this way?  If you mean terrorism, then no.  There have been terrorists in the past (the anarchist movement is one example) whose groups used those techniques to try and get what they wanted but eventually it subsides and all that's left are small fringe groups that don't really do much except talk.
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I think America might be ready, but, since the president is the face of the nation, the rest of the world would have to be ready too.  I don´t like the idea of Mrs. Clinton or Mrs. Bush becoming presidents.  I think the fact that their husbands were already presidents would make them look as if they used their "connections" to get there.  I think it would be better if a woman became president as a result of her work.
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On an average, the Egyptian women are some of the better looking\nwomen in the Mid East...