W Is For Women

Now that Emperor George has rationalized the morality of attacking a possible enemy without provocation, it is my sincere hope that the rationale will trickle down to the laws governing domestic abuse. Under the law, a woman cannot get a restraining order against someone who threatens her unless there is evidence that the man will take physical action against her. Usually, that evidence is a physical attack that she was lucky enough to survive. More often than not, unfortunately, all that is left is a body surrounded by friends and family crying about how helpless this woman was to defend against her abuser.

Condoleeza Rice pleaded at length that the U.S. should not be forced to wait for a "mushroom cloud" to determine whether to attack Iraq. And, women should not be required to wait for an attack to get legal protection. Under the W is for Women law that I propose and that is based upon the principles justifying the War in Iraq, women who have been threatened in any way by a man should not be required to seek a restraining order but, rather, should be permitted to use deadly force to ensure that all that is left is not a "mushroom cloud". The women who are in jail for taking the law into their own hands should be released and hailed as heroes for bringing stability to their homes by ridding themselves of oppressive dictators.