Election Results in Iraq are Anti-American

[louis c]

In a real shocker (sarcasm intended) the Iraqi people went to the polls in record numbers to vote AGAINST the political parties favored by the United States.

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"The early results suggest that a government that was heavily secular and nationalist under (Saddam) Hussein will become far more religious and sectarian in character, with Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim parties dominant, raising the chances of sectarian tension for years to come."

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"The initial results showed former prime minister Iyad Alawi's secular party finished a distant third in Baghdad province behind the Shi'ite coalition and Sunni alliance. Alawi won fewer seats ..in the capitol, where secular candidates had hoped to do well."

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"Alawi, with the quiet support of many Americans........had hoped to win over....Shi'ites disappointed with the current government, dominated by Islamic religious parties"

"Instead, the preliminary results fell in line with the predictions.......(that) the Shi'ites would control about half of the 275-seat parliment....."


Comment from louis c
Now, let me get this straight. Thousands of Americans have died, tens of thousands have been maimed, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed or maimed, and a half trillion dollars will be spent so that Islamic fundamentalists, who hate our guts will control Iraq? Hey, President Asshole, great plan.

Link:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/12/20/initial_tally_shows_a_sectarian_split_among_iraq_voters/

[cantstandbush]

1. Yes, you have identified what was obvious to many before the invasion.

Yet, the US media will publicize this and spin this as a great victory for the US and the ME, neither of which will be true. We have just put Iraq squarely in the hands of Iran and splinter the little bit of Iraqi nationalizm that had kept they away from Iran under Saddam. Americans are ignorant of history so it won't mean much to most US citizens.

[louis c]

2. Link is up

[Deja Q]

3. Iran, eh?

:think:

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. THIS is the nightmare we all knew would come.

G-d help us.

[greiner3]

5. So does this mean?

That bushco will now consider the elected Iraqi government terrorists? Maybe he will 'spy' on them now.
:rofl:

[leftchick]

6. shit, it looks like we need to re-invade Iraq.

I hope we pull the troops out first. :crazy:

[enigma000]

7. So I guess they weren't rigged

Not by the Americans anyway. Might the UIA be trying its own Florida here?

Don't worry Mr Louis, so the puppet government (of religious Shiites) got re-elected, why would they stop being puppets now?

[louis c]

8. The question is........whose puppets?

I believe Iran's

[enigma000]

9. ah...man...just when I had it all figured out

Bushco puppets. Iranian mullah puppets. Saudi princes' puppets.

These days I occasionally just think the worse thoughts - sometimes I wish they'd just glass the whole place.

Well, I imagine a whole lot of horse trading, Iraqi style, is coming up. Let's see if the natives can do better than us North American folk.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Yep

Isn't it wonderful? Of course this you won't hear on "the news."

[UTUSN]

11. Kick/Rec. But the final rigging - uh RESULTS - won't be done till Jan n/t

[louis c]

12. kick in the morning

[louis c]

15. kick in the evening

[NNN0LHI]

13. The USA had no problem using Islamic fundamentalists allies in the past...

...to do its dirty work. Remember Osama bin Laden and the mujahideen who the USA supported against the USSR?


Don

[Road Scholar]

14. I bet Rush has no problem spinning his fat oxi-contin ass outta this one.