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2005-01-22 Iraq-Jordan
Sunni alienation grows as Iraq elections draw closer
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Posted by Fred 2005-01-22 9:42:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 dial 1-800-Wah Waah

It's already clear that this is going to be the talking point for many. That there wasn't adequate Sunni participation so the elections aren't meaningful.
Posted by 2b 2005-01-22 10:05:54 AM||   2005-01-22 10:05:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It gives the MSM something to talk about that's negative. Wouldn't want to talk about the huge turnout or successful elections by brave Iraqi's...nope, nope...doom and gloom for all!
Posted by 2b 2005-01-22 10:09:02 AM||   2005-01-22 10:09:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 If they don't participate, then you must liquidate.
Posted by Johnny Crocran 2005-01-22 11:06:12 AM||   2005-01-22 11:06:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Is anyone seeing parallels between the former Bathists and the former majority party in the U.S. (ie Democrats)? They don't trust people to make the 'right' ballots decision and are going to contest the validity of the vote as soon as it's finished. The violence prior to the elections is no worse than any other developing Democracy. Ever see a 'peaceful' Indian, Pakistani, Mexican, etc. election? Oposition parties being bombed, candidates killed, and voters hassled. Heck that's a NORMAL election in Mexico and I don't hear about the lack of validity of any Mexican election. Yes there will be people that can't or won't vote but it's not because we haven't tried and if there is 30-40% voter turnout that would be a HUGE success.
Posted by Cyber Sarge  2005-01-22 12:38:28 PM||   2005-01-22 12:38:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 If they think they are alienated now, wait till they meet their new Shite/Kurdish overlords.
Posted by ed 2005-01-22 12:46:39 PM||   2005-01-22 12:46:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Somebody call a whaaaambulance.
Posted by Deacon Blues  2005-01-22 1:25:51 PM||   2005-01-22 1:25:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 
Sunni alienation grows as Iraq elections draw closer
And the downside of this is....?

Hey, Sunnis, try thinking about the alienation of the rest of the Iraqis when you clowns thugs ran the country as your personal fiefdom and hell-hole.

Payback's a bitch. Get used to it. :-D
Posted by Barbara Skolaut  2005-01-22 1:28:55 PM||   2005-01-22 1:28:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Like ed says...you Sunni a**holes....just wait til a Kurd-Shia dominated army, court, and legislature.

Signed...sealed...delivered...the Sunni's a** is theirs.
Posted by anymouse  2005-01-22 2:34:01 PM||   2005-01-22 2:34:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 The difference between the Sunnis and the Democrats is that the Democrats would keep counting the ballots until their 20% of the population gets 51% of the vote.
Posted by RWV 2005-01-22 8:21:19 PM||   2005-01-22 8:21:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Many Sunnis, who made up the backbone of the ruling class under Saddam, are boycotting Iraq’s first multi-party elections in nearly half a century because of a raging Sunni insurgency they say will make a fair vote impossible.

So instead of doing what they can to discourage fellow Sunnis from going the insurgent route, they're going to boycott the election? Sorry, no sympathy here.

A low Sunni turnout could undermine the credibility of Iraq’s new parliament and the constitution it will write.

Err, no. The threat of a low Sunni turnout means nothing more than a temper tantrum, and should be ignored accordingly.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-22 8:50:56 PM||   2005-01-22 8:50:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Right, B-A-R. Someone is taking liberteeeees with the pen in order to further an agenda to discredit an election that is a start to get Iraq out of the hole that it is in. When you have been on top for 35 years on Sammy's coat-tails, taking the good jobs, the graft, and throwing a willing hand in on murders and torture (we are talking shredders, not undies on the noggin), people on the bottom will get their day in the sun. The Sunnis and ex Baathists better hope that they can exist peacefully without retribution for the crimes that were done.
Posted by Alaska Paul  2005-01-22 8:59:16 PM||   2005-01-22 8:59:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Who said everyone needs to be getting along for an election to be legitimate.

In preparation for the post election questions regarding the legitimacy of the results let me remind the MSM that in the US in 1864, 11 confederate states did not participate in the election that resulted in Abraham Lincoln's second term.

Curious1 over and out.
Posted by Curious1 2005-01-22 9:04:22 PM||   2005-01-22 9:04:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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