How hard is it to pick a teddy bear's name...

I have been holding off blogging anything about this. When her sentence was only 15 days in jail and deportation I was relieved. She could have easily received 40 lashes or worse. Did I just write that? There are places in the world where that is the possible punishment for letting children pick the name of a teddy bear? And after the lenient sentence she received thousands march in the street in protest armed with knives, axes and clubs? Can anyone in this country imagine such a scene? Can we imagine why we would ever want to be in this region? At least the Muslims living in the U.K. were quick to condemn the actions of the Sudanese. There is hope that we can live together in peace. Right?

Rape victim wins case--gets 200 lashes...

Explain again why we are in the Middle East? These are the people we consider our ally? A woman is raped and to add to her torment lets throw in 200 lashes. Not for her rapists--for her. How messed up is that? It is all about the oil. Always has been and always will. We call ourselves the greatest nation in the world. We hold ourselves up as the beacon of freedom. And yet we have no problem aligning ourselves with people like these if it will get us what we want. We tell ourselves it is for the greater good. Let's say that 3 times and see if we feel any better. I bet this poor woman won't....