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In the Battle of the Camel, the first war where Muslim fought Muslim, ten thousand had died.<ref>{{Tabari|16|pp. 164}}.</ref> Muslims have frequently seen this disaster as “proof” that women are not fit for politics. In fact Aisha was no more aggressive than her male counterparts, and the war was no more disastrous than the hundreds of wars (including Muslim-against-Muslim wars) that male Muslims have fought ever since. The real problem was not that Aisha was a woman but that her Islamic world-view had taught her to solve problems by despotism, assassination and open war.

Aisha regretted the Battle of the Camel; she said she wished she had died twenty years beforehand,<ref>{{Tabari|16|p. 162}}.</ref> or even, “I wish I had been a stone! I wish I had been a clod of earth! By Allah, I wish that Allah had not created me as anything at all! I wish I had been a leaf on a tree!”<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:52.</ref> Sunni Muslims believe that she repented of leaving her home and dabbling in politics.<ref></ref> However, it is not completely clear whether she regretted starting the war or whether her real regret was only that she had lost. When a man told her to “repent, for you have made a mistake,” he was sentenced to a hundred lashes.<ref>{{Tabari|16|pp.165-166}}.</ref>