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You're trying to present this as if Iraqis are very tolerant towards American male soldiers patrolling their areas and searching their houses, and the only problem they have is with female soldiers doing this.
No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying there is zero tolerance for females, as opposed to just some tolerance for males. That's a big difference, trust me.
Obviously, they don't like it when anyone busts into their homes but the manner in which male Marines are able to interact with the head of the household permits them the latitude to win over hearts and minds, not so with women. An old Iraqi sheik would die before he obeyed a woman's order.
And of course I'm aware of the female status in the Muslim society, I'm from the ME buddy. :2razz:
I know buddy, I know. I'm just trying to tell you how it was for us in Iraq. Iraqi men (for the most part) do not see women as equals. It's just a fact of life.