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2005-01-16 Iraq-Jordan

Shi'ite leader expects many Sunnis to vote

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-01-16 4:54:57 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Typical poop from a politician facing reporters. Either he was pressed to give a number or he's just so green at this that he felt he needed to verbalize a brain fart.

How many Sunnis vote is not a measure of the legitimacy of the elections. Period. The choice is theirs. Life is a bitch, and it's even bitchier when you're a Sunni in Iraq today, whether a jihadi, merc, tool, or dumb, damned, and unlucky. Such are the options for a group that has had all of the "good luck" for the last 35 years. The pendulum has swung the other way. If a measure of anything, it is of their worthiness to be a part of a democracy. No sympathy is due, sorry. Whining, hand wringing, and I'm-more-symp-than-you-so-I'm-more-moral blather commences in 5...4...3...

Posted by .com 2005-01-16 3:36:28 AM|| 2005-01-16 3:36:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I could give a rip if none of the sunnies vote. What a bunch of whiners. The Shia are being killed in vast numbers in support of the vote.

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-16 7:23:56 AM|| 2005-01-16 7:23:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Be a little careful there. Remember quite a few of our blogger friends including the brothers and Zeyad are Sunni.

Posted by Ummmm 2005-01-16 3:51:10 PM|| 2005-01-16 3:51:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 If they vote, my comments shouldn't pertain to them. The Shia is sticking their necks out, while many sunni whine like cowards. Are the sunni getting blown up, shot at?

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-16 5:14:16 PM|| 2005-01-16 5:14:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The whiners are ALL American Stalinists, people like Michal Moore, Howard Dean and the Fatty Teddy, al-Gore and al-Sharpton monsters.

What they are NOT smart enough to understand is that Iraq is MIXED in numerous ways! Some estimates show up to 20% of Iraqi's have Sunni AND Shia relatives. (In-laws's, etc).

A lot of Sunni's will vote. Probably MORE than 1/2 of them.

Posted by leaddog2 2005-01-16 9:53:16 PM|| 2005-01-16 9:53:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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