Huh, * isn't going to like the results of the Iraqi election

[EC]

The Shites are way ahead....

[Mz Pip]

1. Plenty of time for a recount

and boxes and boxes of undiscovered ballots showing up in a back room of Abu Ghraib.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[EC]

8. Actually not Abu Ghraib, but yeah, boxes of ballots are showing up

and of course surpression didn't only happen in Ohio...

[MuseRider]

2. How soon until

we get them their very own Diebold, ESS, Sequoia (who else am I forgetting) machines? Then we can be really certain they are choosing their own government. :eyes:

[EC]

9. Triad...n/t

[MuseRider]

13. Of course!

*smacks self upside the head* Thanks.

[w4rma]

3. All they elected was a bunch of folks to supposedly write a Constitution.

The government isn't going to change for at least 11 months after they start.

[theresistance]

4. I've made this point on other threads

There's still at least another year of occupation before even a government is created, but we are supposed to celebrate "sovereignty". These facts are conveniently not mentioned.

[EC]

11. It'll take more than a year, they'll time it for the 2006 elections...n/t

[EC]

10. Yes, but their Constitution is going to be their rule of law and

governmental set-up and they really didn't want a theocracy like Iran.

[NGU]

5. Guess they can't rig paper ballots too well.

[Igel]

6. Well, since they're a majority of the country.

I'm not overly concerned even the clerical party wins. It's going to be a fairly Muslim-friendly state.

The questions they're giving the right answers to--or lipservice at least--are how well they'll play with others. Whether Sunni or Xian
(etc.), Arab or Kurd. Do they realize that democracies are inherently evil unless they're tempered by respect for minorities?

We'll see. But we always knew that we'd have to wait.

[moggie12]

7. Yeah, and it's the party backed by Sistani

The Ayotallah Sistani is WAY smarter than the Bush folks - guess who's going to be running the country, W? That's the problem with democracy.....

[EC]

12. That's why Sistani asked for the elections...

of course * appointed Alawi (sp?) PM even though he came in 16th...

[Gold Metal Flake]

14. If the election results in war...

Blivet** will do the antler dance naked in joy.