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Yet many Western leftists habitually excuse these crimes against women in order to maintain political solidarity with their allies in the Islamic world. After all, it would be tough to make common cause with Muslim groups in the antiwar movement if Progressives began to criticize the practice of polygamy.

Well...it's a little more than that. The "Kill Whitey" counterculturalists were so deeply impressed by 9/11, where someone actually did what they had only been chattering about for 25 years, that they can't quite believe that the Wahhabists aren't somehow kindred spirits. They think all these tribal customs can be overlooked in a potential ally that has proven itself so effective in carrying the war the Western Civilization they loathe.