72 Percent Turnout in Iraqi Elections
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Leopold Stotch | Sunday, January 30, 2005 |
Polls are closed in Iraq, and itâs being reported that 72 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. If this number holds true, this is an unmitigated success, regardless of likely regional disparities in voter turnout.
But there is an interesting subtext: over and over what Iraqis are saying is that they were âvoting against terrorismâ or that they âvoted for peace.â Which means that this election went from a referendum on the American âoccupationâ to a rejection of the terrorism of Abu al-Zarqawi.
Zarqawiâs Error:
As insensitive as it sounded at the time, I said over and over again in my classes that what Iraq needed was for Zarqawi to start targeting Iraqis — because this would show Iraqis that his insurgency is not anti-American but rather it is anti-democratic. And he fell right into this exact trap; he murdered Iraqis and his terrorism was increasingly perceived as anti-Iraqi (except in the mainstream media). Of course it certainly didnât help his cause when Zarqawi labeled Shiite Muslims âinfidels.â
Obviously the new Iraqi government has a Herculean task ahead of it, but this is a major turning point in modern history. The Iraqi people are the true winners, but the secondary winner is the American voter, who once again put US foreign policy on the right side of history. The losers: the jihadists, old Europe, and most of the Democrat party.
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Oh for God's sake. Nice to see your triumphalism has led you to adopt the lingo of the addle-pated. I'll be sure to take you just as seriously as you'd take me if I called you a Rethuglican.
Iraq voted against foreign military occupation, terrorism if you like, and for the peace that will follow the departure of occupation forces. The coalition has crippled Iraq: soaking the country in blood - more civilians have been killed by coalition forces than by insurgents, destroying Iraq's infrastructure, and stealing Iraq's wealth. Corruption is rampant, and the coalition's puppets have lost all moral authority. Remember Vietnam?
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