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Quote by: RickSp And you come to this conclusion how? Are you too busy running the victory lap to even look at what is happening in Iraq? The occupation is widely despised, even accourding to polls commissioned by the US Occupation Authority. Did it ever occur to you that the Iraqi people, particularly the Shia', might consider voting the only way to end a brutal occupaton by a foriegn invader?
From Juan Coles blog of Wednesday, February 02, 2005: |
I took no victory lap in my post. I am cheering for the courage of the Iraqi voters. It is not a presumtion of overall success. The election will eventually spur American forces to leave only if the other steps are taken successfully, A big if.
I have no idea, nor does anybody else, whether the rest of the process can go forward. The insurgent strategy is to kill and intimidate enough so that Ameican forces leave in defeat and the insurgents rise to power, something that can not possibly happen with elections. If the process does go forward succesfully, some future government of Iraq will invite the Americans to leave and we will go gladly.
Actually the occupation plays into their hands because they can attempt to divert attention from their real motive which is to return to a Baathist style regime with the Sunnis in charge. Those who voted were not fooled.
Melvyn