Karen Hughes, Stay Home!

Karen Hughes, Stay Home!
What on earth is she doing in the Middle East?
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at 1:27 PM PT

Could someone please explain to me what Karen Hughes is doing. Her maiden voyage to the Middle East has turned into a fiasco. She assures a room of Saudi women that they, too, will someday drive cars; they tell her they're actually happy right now, thank you. She meets with a group of Turkish women—hand-picked by an outfit that supports women running for political office—who brusquely tell her she has no credibility as long as U.S. troops occupy Iraq.