There is a great article in the NY Times today, that offers a glimpse into the lives of two young Saudi men as they try to navigate their culture's warped view of romance, honor, women and love. It is just a small glimpse, a tiny flash, of how absolutely masochistic, twisted and insiduous Saudi sociey is today. When calling your fiance on the telephone is something that has to be kept absolutely secret at all costs, or eating a meal in a restaurant with a man is cause to hide your face in shame, you know there is something seriously wrong.
There is a gender apartheid taking place on a brutal scale in Saudi Arabia and the US does absolutely nothing in response. Continuing to subsidize this society is perpetuating oppression, tyranny and subjugation and ultimately creating the terrorists that the US supposedly wants to stop. When will we break our oil addiction and stop turning a blind eye?
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