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2012-06-21 Arabia

Kuwait Top Court Nullifies Parliamentary Elections

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Posted by Fred 2012-06-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 Islamists won. The eventual result would have been the kind of standoff where Iran's Mossadegh tried usurp the Shah's power back in the 50's. What Kuwait needs is a non-troglodyte electorate. Short of a Muhammad-style conquest by a foreign power and mass executions of hundreds of thousands of devout believers accompanied by a renounce Islam-or-die policy, it's hard to see how the Kuwaiti populace will self-moderate.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2012-06-21 15:37|| 2012-06-21 15:37|| Front Page Top

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