One Order of Cultural Taboos, Please!

I'm as glad to see bin Laden silenced as anyone. But still I'm embarrassed to see the degree of pleasure being expressed over an assassination. Now there's speculation about a weakness that we so far missed exploiting- bin Laden's young wife Amal, 24, who was at the compound, along with his other wives.  So far, Pakistan is refusing to let U.S. officials anywhere near Amal, now under guard in a hospital. Robert Grenier, a former Director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center says "There are cultural taboos that come up with women. They certainly wouldn't facilitate her interrogation by foreigners."

What does it say when a somewhat medieval Islamic culture is protecting their women from us?  WHAT? They won't let us tear this woman's mind open? Where is their dedication to anti-terrorism? Is this just sour grapes over what they've seen us do to their men? Don't they realize that we're a nation now enlightened by feminism?

And furthermore they site a cultural taboo in order to protect her. This is the thing that really creeps me out! The very last thing I want the women around me and around the world to start thinking, secretly in their quiet moments– even just a little bit– is "where can I get some of that?"