On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:07:57 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:27:02 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
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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.

I don't think it's a failure, Tom. As you said, the election went fairly
well, and by that, I mean the mechanics of it. My concern is this: I would
like to know what's on the president's mind perhaps 10 years down the road,
if after another couple of elections, the country ends up being another
Iran.

It's all supposition at this point.

10 years down the road, it will be a different President and a
different set of problems.

As Warner Wolf is fond of saying: "The Future is Now".

Later,

Tom