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iwillfearnoevil:
and then CNN goes on to quote:
"It will take some time for the IECI to issue accurate figures on turnout," the statement said. "What is certainly the case is that turnout has exceeded expectations throughout the country."
no matter the actual percentage the iraqis and everyone except the anti-government terrorists have to say this is an unqualified SUCCESS
RayB:
... except that the Sunni's, who are concerned over their level of representation in such an elected body, DIDN'T VOTE.
abrannan:
--- Quote from: Crazy Cooter on January 29, 2005, 11:48:01 am ---
Think of it like this:
If people living outside of America voted in our election, we probably would have had a different outcome.
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Um, you do know that hundreds of thousands of American citizens who live overseas did vote last November, and legally to boot?
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: jened on January 30, 2005, 04:24:34 pm ---no matter the actual percentage the iraqis and everyone except the anti-government terrorists have to say this is an unqualified SUCCESS
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jened and other war apologists are already seeming to break their arms patting themselves on the back, while the Iraqis still have a hell of a lot of work to do. I'm happy that enormous amounts of people weren't killed while lining up to participate, but I'll continue to refrain from the patriotic triumphalism and flag-waving until after the country stabilizes.
I find it disturbing that there are allegations from individuals in Iraq that people were being threatened with a suspention of food rationing if they didn't vote. There has been no water in large areas of Baghdad and other outlying areas, and some are complaining of a demonstration of 'collective punishment' as incentive to vote. If these allegations are true...I wouldn't call this a success at all.
One prominent Iraqi blogger writes:
"People in many areas are being told that if they don
iwillfearnoevil:
those blogs have had several claims disputed both factually and logically so i take what they write with a grain of salt. see the Thursday, January 06, 2005 entry on http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/ for example. anyways no need for us to argue, the people have won, and the terrorists have lost!