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You mean the GOP?

 

Well, that's fine.

But it doesn't separate them from any other nation over there. If you're going to single out Iran for your disdain, you need to state what makes them different from the other places we don't seem to have such a problem with.

From a report by Fareed Zakaria a while back:

– Women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. They are in Iran.

– Saudi women were barred from voting until December 2015, while in Iran women’s suffrage began in 1963.

– In 2010, Iranian women held 3% of ministerial positions and 5% of parliament seats. In Saudi, none did.

– The World Economic Forum measures disparities between men and women across a range of criteria - economic participation, health, political empowerment and access to education. Iran ranked 123rd out of 131 countries. Saudi Arabia was six places lower, at 129th. For political rights, Iran ranked 129th out of 131 countries. Saudi Arabia came in last.

– Women outnumber men in college in both Iran and Saudi Arabia (as they do in the U.S., too), but education doesn’t necessarily translate into employment. In Iran, women have outnumbered men in entering college by as much as two to one in the last several years. However, after graduation, women are one-third less likely to work as men. Thirty two percent of Iranian women participate in the workforce, about half the average of advanced economies. In Saudi Arabia the rate is even lower, at 21%.

 

Ouch

 

Saudi women have been driving for a year: Saudi Arabia Granted Women the Right to Drive. A Year on, It’s Still Complicated.



Hessah Alajaji in her car last year, hours before Saudi Arabia’s ban on women drivers officially lifted. (Tasneem Alsultan for The New York Times)

 

My assumption is he has no idea what the words he is reading mean in the context of his speech. So how would be know if he made a mistake.

 

It's time for Trump to step back as a senior member of the GOP.

 

Iran has very capable black-hat hackers.
One of their specialties is wiping data clean.
Ask Sheldon Adelson about that.

These guys are not Stone Age rubes like what the GOP is used to dealing with in its Middle East misadventures.

 

How long before Mike Lee turtles and says he was misquoted?

 

In 3, 2, 1 ...

 

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