I do not dispute the crimes of Saddam Hussein's capitalist government, but I am not naive enough to think that those had anything to do with why the U.S. invaded. Likewise, I was merely pointing out that life was much better for women living in Iraq under Saddam Hussein than it is for women living under U.S. allied governments like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. This was obvious in what I wrote, and if you read the whole thing you would see that it was not a big love fest for Saddam Hussein.

This unnamed person then states, "To blame the trafficking of women on capitalism is completely ludicrous."

Was Romania or any other eastern European country exporting child sex slaves before the capitalist counter-revolution? No they were not. Is India a capitalist country with a history of direct colonization and where working people today are kept even poorer through the unfair trade relations with capitalist imperialism? Yes it is.

It is the capitalist countries that have been involved in this trade. It is also the poverty created by capitalist imperialism that lures women into false promises. It is capitalism that creates the conditions for this entire capitalist trade.

If Cuba were exporting child sex slaves would you blame that on communism or on the inherent greed of some individuals? To me the answer and the double standard is obvious.

It is capitalism and its inevitable imperialism that is to blame for this barbaric practice.