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2005-01-30 Iraq-Jordan

Under Syria's watchful eye, voters sample democracy

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-30 1:29:16 PM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I really want to know something.
The Iraqi expats in Syria and Iran got to vote.
Syria and Iran are our enemies. Syria and Iran are threatened by democracy in Iraq.
Whose balls got twisted how to force those two countries to cooperate in their own destruction?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2005-01-30 5:24:01 PM|| 2005-01-30 5:24:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Shhhh, Richard. LOL

Posted by true nuff 2005-01-30 5:35:31 PM|| 2005-01-30 5:35:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Depends, I think, on the veracity of the ballots which are in the hands of the Syrians and Iranians. Would anyone with 2 neurons to rub together believe they would not tamper, at the very least, or more likely replace the ballots with a set heavily favoring whichever parties are actually agents of the Mad Mullahs?

I believe all of the "expat" voting is bullshit and insane. Consider who was allowed to go abroad in large numbers... first and foremost: faithful Ba'athists, second: Sunnis. The odd exile, such as Allawi himself, were one-offs, not a large community. I worked with an Iraqi in Saudi at Aramco - he was allowed to study abroad, decided to stay abroad, and was working toward getting his family out - this was pre-Iraq War. Now he can get them out with ease, etc. His family are the proverbial faithful Ba'athist Sunnis from a tribe allied with Saddam in the Baghdad area. Even though he has acquired some Western-ish phrases (He loves to say "bloody hell", for instance...) and loves freedom - he would vote for the restoration of power to those who would favor his family. Period. Full stop.

The quickest way to find out if that Arab friend of yours, who seems so Western and modern and all gushy about freedom and rights and such, is your peer or not - just ask him about Palestine. Stand back and have a towel handy. They spittle really flies. Sorry to burst so many bubbles, for your "friends" are not rational, on average. They have been permanently indoctrinated from Day One. Their children (or grand children) might be rational, but only if you take them away and raise them sans the Islamic / Arab indoctrination.

Life's a real bitch, at times. Eventually, the West will realize the nasty fact: you have to either take their children away at birth, or fry 'em up. Otherwise, the shit will go on exactly as it has for century upon century, age upon age.

Posted by .com 2005-01-30 5:38:36 PM|| 2005-01-30 5:38:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 --The king has accused Iran, where Shiâites are in the majority, of trying to influence elections in Iraq, an allegation denied by Tehran...--

Then it's in your best interest that they give up the nukes, isn't it?

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-01-30 9:27:07 PM|| 2005-01-30 9:27:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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