Iraqi Election Crisis

[DaStottman]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/27/iraq.main/index.html

I'm wondering if there'll even be an election now that terrorists are bombing political headquarters and locations where voting is expected. All I know is, whoever wins the election will probably be killed or attempts will be made to kill him/her within the month.

[thesightless]

all the UN nations should send in tropps to secure the election. we at least owe them that after all this. make a HUGE military presense. lock down the voting places. let em vote in safety.

[fishingnut]

all the UN nations should send in tropps to secure the election. we at least owe them that after all this. make a HUGE military presense. lock down the voting places. let em vote in safety.

na instead they are going to wait till everything collapses, and then throw everything in the US faces

[thesightless]

yeah. why help out? you can just throw the blame on someone else? anyone see those "act now" commercials where all the girls are standing around, crying about the faucet left running and no one turns it off?

[toasty]

It's crazy. You know here, in the US, people say, "You really should get and and vote because people died for you to have the right to vote."

In Iraq, they say, "you really should get out and vote because people died for you to have the right to vote -- 20 minutes ago, a few blocks from here -- but really, you should get out and vote."



My sincere best wishes to the Iraqi people for a safe election.

[krelm]

all the UN nations should send in tropps to secure the election. we at least owe them that after all this. make a HUGE military presense.

Can any kind of substantial force really be mobilized to Iraq in less than 60 hours? I think it is too late for any real support from abroad.

lock down the voting places. let em vote in safety.

Agreed there.

Although one thing I've read (about one week ago on some CNN article) that disturbs me is that most of the election day security is going to be handled by the Iraqi security forces - not the coalition forces. Not to be rude, but the current Iraqi forces couldn't secure a 7-11 from a 15-year-old stealing beer. Unless the the coalition forces step in heavily and really lock the place down, it could very well be a damned bloody day.

[Yao]

I agree with you guys, the coalition forces should not sit back and watch the US take the fall: that's politics over other people's backs (and lives in this case).

Fuck, my country is pulling out in March, instead of sitting it out and helping to complete the job. It was more a publicity stunt than a contribution. Sorry guys.

I was (and still am) against the war, but maybe even worse is this not really helping but pretending to help - attitude from my govt. They deserve no credit and no respect whatsoever. Either you complete a fucking job, or you stay out. Period.

Hope the elections will give them a winner that is capable of making a change. Respect to all those people putting their lives at stake on this one

[qwerty2222]

i'm really curious on how the election progress will be in iraq, and i must say, the one who will win has to be a really courageous man to take souch a responsibility in such times in iraq
hope he won't be killed the next day

[DaStottman]

If the turnout proportionally in Iraq is greater than the U.S., in a country where you could literally die while trying to vote compared to a country that's too lazy to vote, that would be sad.

[hoodednight]

Re: Iraqi Election Crisis

Some sources have estimated that 60-70% of the eligible voters in
Iraq are boycotting the election. If this is the case, they'll have
to have a voter turnout of 100% of the remaining electorate
in order to have any kind of legitimacy. I mean legitimacy is already
questionable with over 100 political parties and all of the unidentified
candidates.....

[Hos]

all the UN nations should send in tropps to secure the election. we at least owe them that after all this. make a HUGE military presense. lock down the voting places. let em vote in safety.

the UN should clean up the US government's mess?

no, the US should start grabbing 18 year olds off the streets of America and send them to Iraq. There's your huge military presence.

[Yao]

That would decimate the potential working/reproducing force of the US...

[thesightless]

well, initial reports show the vote went off pretty well, at least 60% of voters came out. unfortunetly about 30 people died in suicide attacks.. letsa hope this cluster fuck gets in order sooner than later.

good for them though. i decided to walk by the NYC voting site this morning and from what i saw the people were estatic. saw a group of men dancing in front of penn station as well.