"While Iraq is a secular state, with Iraqi women afforded full rights of participation in all levels of society, the installing of a government run by a non-Arab, non-Muslim woman will definitely wound Iraqi pride. To have their country sectioned off is one thing; to have their lives run by an American woman is another. Indeed, Iraq is fully modernized but tribal customs still run deep. A woman, representing the country that devastated Iraq with 12 years of sanctions and inflicted countless casualties, telling Iraqis how to run their lives will be an intolerable insult."

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