We were told Iran would dominate Iraqi Shia politics... We were told Sadr would dominate the elections... We were told the current PM would be seen as an American puppet... And of course all these views were wrong... Why promote such lies when Bush was President??? THE LEFT HAD TO MAKE A DEMONIZED CHARACTERIZATION OF BUSH AND DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ to justify their our propaganda built on Urban Myth and lies...
Iraq WAS about democracy... Iraqi could do democracy... Iraq COULD emerge not dominated by Iran... Iraq COULD be a strategic victory on Bush watch... It is a shame, the Left is willfully blind to Bush's American vision and achievement that ALL PEOPLE DESERVE A GOVERNMENT BY, OF, AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHICH RESPECT THE PEOPLES' DIVINELY GIVEN HUMAN RIGHTS... As I have noted before, the Left has renounced its heritage favoring human rights... It is a pity... http://www.nypost.com/seven/02072009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/iraqi_democracy_puts_down_roots_153911.htm?page=0 >>> The election is a blow to Iranian hopes of winning control of oil-rich >>> southern Iraq through its Iraqi surrogates, turning it into a de facto >>> Shiite republic controlled from Tehran. The Shiite religious parties' share of the vote shrank from 44 percent in 2005 to 29 percent, as many Shiites ignored sectarian divides and voted on political, rather than religious, grounds. This time, Grand Ayatollah Ali-Muhammad Sistani, the principal Shiite clerical leader, refused to endorse any group or Shiite list. He believes Iraqis no longer need his guidance in elections, having gained enough political experience to make considered choices on their own. Opposed to the intervention of the clergy in politics, Sistani insists that Iraq today has a working democracy that needs no religious chaperon. Since no single party is likely to win a majority in any of the 14 states, all will end up having coalition governments. Maybe Iraq is emerging as a model of democratization for the Arab world, after all. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
