I'm obviously being too subtle with my references here.
The idea, of course, being a takeoff on the old saying "a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged." By modifying it to describe the typical treatment of women in oppressive Arab nations, particularly Iraq or old Afghanistan, I thought to make a point about the possible changes in Dowd's attitudes once she saw how women (not herself personally) were treated there.
Bowser apparently thought I intended that I wanted this to happen to Dowd or other liberals, which shows what happens when you work on too many levels. Sorry.