Reality of the election in Iraq
Greyhawk points out an article form John Podhortz
..Sunni Muslims, who were the dominant force in Saddam Hussein’s regime, constitute 20 percent of Iraq’s population. And yet the argument is seriously made that a Sunni boycott will invalidate the election results. If white South Africans had refused to participate in that nation’s first-ever free elections back in 1994, nobody on earth would have argued that their lack of participation invalidated the election results.
Now, it will certainly be tragic if Sunnis who wish to vote are forcibly prevented from doing so by the terrorists in their midst. But those Sunnis’ best chance to secure their freedom to vote at a later date will emerge from a viable result in Sunday’s elections.
Why? Because once a legitimately elected Iraqi assembly is seated, the insurgents will have no argument left with which to advance their cause - except for the open hatred of liberty.
This is why the election will be successful even if the Sunni Muslims do not participate. That is Democracy.
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