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Iraqi elections

(Posted by BNJ)

CNN is reporting a 72% turnout and only scattered reports of violence. We'll have to wait for the results to trickle in, but it seems hard to spin this into anything other than a defeat for the insurgents and for the moonbats here at home who were desperately rooting for failure.

There are people of good conscience on both sides of the war issue, but anyone who allows mindless Bush hatred to get in the way of celebrating this day with the Iraqis should be ashamed (case in point: this schmuck.) The peanut gallery here at home can call the elections a sham if they want to, but the 72% of Iraqis who braved violence and long lines to let their voices be heard clearly viewed things differently.

UPDATE: BTW, what are the chances that we can start doing that ink-stained finger thing here in this country?

Posted by BNJ on January 30, 2005 09:11 AM | |Discuss

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Folks, check out the pics on spiegel.de (article entitled "Iraker trotzen dem Terror"). This just flat rocks!
Sixty percent primarily walked to vote (well, a donkey or two). This event makes a more powerful statement than everything else that I have seen (or heard about) in Iraq.
I hope that we and others don't undermine the Iraqi's will to self-govern.
God/Allah bless them all!

Posted by: tirin | January 30, 2005 12:06 PM

It really is amazing. I hope thngs get better from here on out.

Posted by: K | January 30, 2005 04:22 PM

I'm for it only if it's the middle finger. "Check it out, I voted!"

Posted by: Roger | January 31, 2005 02:10 PM

Now Rog that is something americans might adopt after all :)

Posted by: Z | January 31, 2005 03:05 PM

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