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Iraqi elections........will they be a success?
M Dogg™:
I feel the same way about these elections as I did in the U.S., basically it's not going to be in the best interest of Iraq, but no one will care because the fact they happened will impress people enough.
We are forcing democracy on people, democracy can't be forced, or democracy is not a democracy but a puppet government from an outside force. All of the best democracys in the world come from over throwing an oppressor. Look at the U.S., France, every country. Germany had to go through great trails before their country became united under democracy. It's not suppose to be, we take you over to free you. In Japan, we won the war and they accepted the fact we took over, but in order to sucessfully place democracy there, we kept everything that was in Japanese culture, including the empiror who was our worst enemy, we kept everything in place so that Japan could slide into democracy with their own identity, and Japan was able to adjust because their own leader followed through. Iraq, Saddam was our leader, he was never theirs, many people don't trust us, and it will be hard to have people adjust to democracy because their is nothing Iraqi about the election. There will be elections, but these elections will not be the will of the people, they will be our will, and I am very curious to see how long it will take before another government change.
*Jamal*:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded outside a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers celebrating a major Muslim holiday Friday, and a suicide driver blew up an ambulance at the wedding of a Shiite couple south of the capital. At least 21 people died and dozens were wounded — including the bride and groom.
The attacks came a day after Iraq (news - web sites)'s most feared terror leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, denounced Shiites in a recording that appeared aimed at sowing division ahead of the Jan. 30 elections. Shiites, long the oppressed majority in Iraq, are expected to take power in the balloting, which Sunni Muslim extremists have vowed to disrupt.
Also Friday, a U.S. soldier died in an operation north of Baghdad, and an Italian soldier was killed by a burst of gunfire while patrolling in a helicopter near the southern city of Nasiriyah. Insurgents attacked several designated polling places outside Baghdad.
SUCCESS!
BigBDrugStores:
yes they will but the new pres will be shot in a month. most likely
Ðøšïå:
far from success. this whole mission in iraq is a joke, as is our president.
TraceOneInfinite:
What elections? There is no such thing as "democracy", "freedom" and "elections" inside an occupied[/i] country.
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