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December 21, 2005
Meanwhile, results in the Iraq election
Soon after Bush spoke of the Iraqi election as "a landmark day in the history of liberty," early returns representing 90 percent of the ballots cast in the Iraq election established that the clear winners were Shiite and Sunni religious parties not the least bit interested in Western-style democracy or individual freedom -- including such extremists as Muqtada al-Sadr, whose fanatical followers have fought pitched battles with U.S. troops.
It gets worse:
It is absurd for Bush to assert that the election "means that America has an ally of growing strength in the fight against terror," ignoring how he has "lost" Iraq to the influence and model of "Axis of Evil" Iran. Tehran's rogue regime, which has bedeviled every U.S. president since Jimmy Carter, now looms larger than ever over the region and most definitely over its oil. "Iran wins big in Iraq's election," reads an Asia Times headline, speaking a truth that American policy makers and much of the media is bent on ignoring: "The Shiite religious coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), not only held together, but also can be expected to dominate the new 275-member National Assembly for the next four years," the paper predicts based on the returns to date. "Former premier Ayad Allawi's prospects of leading the new government seem virtually nil. And Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Accord suffered a shattering defeat."
Awesome isn't it? Our bravest men and women died to create an Iranian ally in the Middle East.
And Bushie -- you're doing a heckuva job.
Posted By Bob Cesca | December 21, 2005 12:00 PM | DIGG ME!
Comments
The US Administration did push the Iraqi sunnas to participate in the elections in order to defeat the iraqi shias. The latter knew this so they used all the tricks to turn the results to their advantage. This is why they announced some results even prior to the completion of counting the votes. It was a kind of defence before the Americans interfer. But you know this is a mock election and a mock democracy and America will decide in the end which player she wants in Iraq at this stage.
Posted by: iraqi reader at December 21, 2005 02:57 PM
Well how inconceivable is it that the Shias won? They have about 70% of the population. But Muqtada winning any office is very bad, very very bad.
Posted by: Adam at December 27, 2005 03:10 PM
