The election in Iraq — the importance of which cannot be over-estimated — is soon upon us. For “Ground-level election news from the people of Iraq” (who better?, I’m bookmarking “Friends of Democracy.” That’s Omar, Mohammed and Ali, of Iraq the Model and Free Iraqi working together with many of their compatriots to bring us their side of the story.
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Are you nuts?
Those guys don’t have professional training in journalism, nor are they bound by ethical constraints to report on events objectively.
It’s CBS for me.
I am nervous about the elections. I sure wish they could get the security tighter.
Terrye –
A lot of the violence is geared toward preventing the elections. I expect that things will stabilize somewhat after the elections (maybe not immediately, but soon enough). Pushing the elections back in the name of improving security is NOT a good idea. It would be giving the bad guys a victory that they cannot win on the battlefield and would only encourage more violence (if it works to postpone elections, it may work for other things).
I am convinced that many on the Left are desperately hoping that the elections will fail and that Bush will be humiliated in consequence. Basically, they couldn’t care less about Freedom. http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2005/01/they-couldnt-care-less-about-freedom.html
dr. sanity –
Some perhaps could care less about freedom, and some are left over Marxists who still think that capitalism is the true oppressor. The majority, however, appear to be much more interested in politics than in freedom — which is sad, if true.
Ben:
No doubt that is true, I just worry.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/01/23/sections/news/focus_government/article_386223.php/
IRVINE: Some boarded buses in Modesto at midnight to get here. Others flew in from Seattle, or drove six hours in the family car.
Not Suad Aleshaiker of Irvine. All she did was persuade her doctor at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center to let her sneak out of bed about noon Saturday – three days after stomach surgery.
“I said, ‘No matter how many tubes are coming out of my body, I have to go register!’” she said from a wheelchair at the former El Toro Marine base, where she registered to vote for Iraq’s first free election in decades. “This is the biggest celebration – like the wedding of Iraq. If there’s a wedding, you have to come no matter where you are or what shape you’re in.”