I'm waiting for the Onion to do a story any day now about how the Iraqi interim regime foiled the insurgents by pulling off a surprise election two weeks ahead of schedule. There could be no disruption of such an election because nobody would know it was happening. They could just announce the winners and call it a triumph for democracy.
Peter Hollings wrote: > I have read in two different sources, one of them > the blog "Baghdad > Burning," that the names of the candidates for > office in Iraqi have not > been announced due to fears of assassinations. If > one does not know > who's running for office, they do not campaign > publicly, etc., then of > what use is the election (other than as an > accomplishment to be claimed > by the administration back in the US)? > > Peter Hollings ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
