It is sad that the US does not have a multi-party system that results in true coalition governance.... Yet it is the ONLY form they have help install in other countries since the Marshall Plan....
On Feb 7, 9:52 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > 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... > > >>> 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
