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ant... so people thought they were voting for president? funny how two GROUPS won... and not two people....i would think that the 48% that voted for the shiite group would know the difference between 1 person and a coalition of shiites
so 50% of the poeple thought they were voting for president but around 65% of the poeple voted for groups?hmmm interesting... let me know what calculator you're using because on mine it doesn't make much sense
lol they didn't elect a president they elected a party for 275-member National Assembly and Shiites got the majority
Quote from: Max Powers on February 14, 2005, 06:04:41 AMlol they didn't elect a president they elected a party for 275-member National Assembly and Shiites got the majority umm we know that
Quote from: Needles Kane on February 14, 2005, 06:07:11 AMQuote from: Max Powers on February 14, 2005, 06:04:41 AMlol they didn't elect a president they elected a party for 275-member National Assembly and Shiites got the majority umm we know that so 50% of the poeple thought they were voting for president but around 65% of the poeple voted for groups?lol
Usually the point of the argument barely goes over Smerlus' head.I dont think the argument and smerlus were even in the same room this time.
The Republicans in power, have done one good thing in United States foriegn policy, the group that should have won elections in Iraq, did win....Still, the truth is Iraqi's still don't have any real power in Iraq, and Bush never really wanted to have elections this fair, but Sustani displayed his power when he lead that massive protest about a year ago, so Bush decided he'd rather fight just 20% of the country then 80%. They are still a puppet government for now (Although Sustani's people may make a play for real power in Iraq). The US administration has already told Iraq what they can and can't do with their government, which means they have no real power and they are just puppets on a string.Donald Rumsfeld made it plain on April 15, 2003, that the choices to the people in a "liberated" Iraq would be limited as well.• Iraq cannot be divided into three separate countries (a plan that many people believe is the only way to bring lasting peace and freedom to the country).• No matter what weapons nearby countries such as Israel, Pakistan, or Russia might use to threaten it, Iraq will not be allowed to have comparable weapons.• Iraq cannot become a fundamentalist Islamic country like Iran.• Former members of the Ba'ath Party cannot participate in any new government (although the Bush people chose Ayad Allawi, a former official in the party, to be the interim Prime Minister).• People who are pro-Iran or pro-Syria cannot participate in the elections or the government, although anyone who is pro-American is of course free to do so.
it's common sense to give restrictions on a new government that's not quite stable.... look at the restrictions we placed on Japan after WW2... most of their military's message traffic has to come through us