On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:27:02 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
...
Get over it Jim....Bush won...your guy lost.

Hey knucklehead...your president got the democracy he wanted in Iraq, but
not the election results. Get it? The winners are ideologically aligned with
Iran.

While I'm ambivalent on the war (or war it'self for that matter, but
that's a whole different subject) I thought the Iraqi election went
much better than I thought it would. There appears to be some sort of
balance in the governing legislature and the discussions between the
Kurds, Sunni and Shiite plus the 40 some political parties is bringing
some positive results.

I don't think we can necessarily call it a categorical failure - to
soon for that.

As to the winner's being aligned with Iran - that is not absolutely
true. From a theological standpoint, the Shiite component certainly
is, but they have to contend with a equally potent secular body in the
Kurds and Sunni communities plus the Shiite isn't a monoblock - there
are parties within that block that are secular and have seats in the
Legislature which would indicate that the influence of Iran may be
severely overstated.

It all has to play out before we can reach any conclusions.

Later,

Tom