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2005-02-03 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-03 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Of course. Without a veto of democracy, the Sunnis would be lost, powerless, impotent, and irrelevant.

Should this be an accurate story (islam on-line has missed a couple, heh) and the Sunnis do have the power to derail everything accomplished since Saddam's utter defeat and emasculation, they undoubtedly will do so. They've never shown, in any country dominated by Sunnis, any actual grasp or understanding of democracy - except by the thugs, mullahs, and kleptocrats who see their loss of power and wealth in its spread.

This will speed the break-up of Iraq, I'd wager. Free Kurds. Free Shi'a. Works for me. Especially when the Kurdish in Northern Syria join and give them a path to the Med which will make the Turks choke on their own bile. Melike.

Posted by .com 2005-02-03 12:32:57 AM|| 2005-02-03 12:32:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Under rules agreed last year, an October referendum to ratify that draft will fail if two-thirds of the voters in any three of Iraq's 18 provinces give it the thumbs-down.

Yes they do have that right. The provision was inserted at the insistence of the Kurds, for obvious reasons, but the Sunni arabs could use it as well. Of course they can only do so if they actually VOTE.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-02-03 9:14:32 AM|| 2005-02-03 9:14:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Sunnis are the Democrats of Iraq, a minority whose only power is obstruction, and like the Democrats, they will become increasingly irrelevant. Lead! Follow! Or get out of the way!

Posted by RWV 2005-02-03 9:27:25 AM|| 2005-02-03 9:27:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Peshawar.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-02-03 9:31:09 AM|| 2005-02-03 9:31:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, I see they're back to being called the influential Association of Muslim Scholars. There was some confusion when the reporter neglected to call them influential yesterday, and the assumption was that they were no longer influential, but had instead returned to being inconsequential.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-02-03 10:16:52 AM|| 2005-02-03 10:16:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Peshawar.

But accurate.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-02-03 10:22:58 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-02-03 10:22:58 AM|| Front Page Top

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