Democracy In Iraq

In True American Style

I knew the alleged democratic regime in Iraq was going to be a fictitious pipe-dream. A puppet on the end of American strings. But I've got to admit, it's nice to see them being so upfront about it...

America has very kindly offered to "adjust" the election results in Iraq next month.

The Sunni are a minority, though they had a lot of power under Saddam. The Shi'ites are a majority. So you would be forgiven for thinking that there might be a tendency for the Shi'ites to have a majority in the new assembly.

Washington has suggested that the results could be adjusted to benefit the Sunni minority if there was a low turnout in Sunni areas, which lead to the Shi'ites winning by an "exaggerated majority".

For some strange reason, perhaps having something to do with an understanding of Democracy, Iraq's election body has called this unacceptable. Farid Ayar said: "Who wins, wins. That is the way it is. That is the way it will be in the election."

It's nice to see that someone understands the concept of democracy. Of course, we also know that it's as easy as Apple Pie to say one thing and do another.
posted by Manchild at 10:00 PM