On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 09:29:57 -0500, Vito wrote:

Yes, but now what kind of people have these cheering crowds elected?
Secularists committed to freedom? NO! They came in a distant third!
They elected radical Shiite Muslims with strong ties to Iran - men
dedicated to an "Islamic democracy" just like Irans wherein the elected
officials serve the ayatollahs and mullahs. They wouldn't know freedom if
it hit the in the ass.

Only time will tell, but I hope you are wrong. Everything I have read
about Sistani, states that he would prefer a secular, inclusive form of
government. Granted, it could be BS, but he is Iraq's only hope.

For those that disregard the original reasons for the invasion of Iraq,
WMD's and Iraq's threat to America, and are willing to accept this mutated
causa belli, I would point out we have now shed as much American blood
bringing, a yet to be seen, democracy to Iraq, as we had in our own
Revolutionary War. With somewhere over 100 nations still needing
democracy, I suggest they sign up the sons and daughters today.