To these people and to Z-man, I present:
The Finger,
The Finger,
The Finger,
The Footprint (of the Chicken),
and finally
The Eternal Truth.
Deal with it!
Meanwhile, over in the Bizarro World, "progresives" at Democratic Underground are lamenting the spread of freedom, and rooting for the elections to fail, with such priceless comments as:
I figured why wait, the polls opened and MSNBC had gunfire almost immediatley, so let's report all violence we actually find out about here. I expect every station to cut away as soon as violence erupts, but let's get the truth out in the open here.BWAAAAAAH-HA-ha ha!!!
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hopefully, the voters will come out in overwhelming numbers and the suiciders will stay home...how about that for a hope?
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Sorry, but I don't live in fantasyland.
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I read somewhere...forgive me.. maybe on here, but can't remember...that they were "helped" to vote by soldiers with guns. so damn it, we will bring them democracy even if we have to kill them all to do it. woo hoo...and no, i can't watch this on TV while Blitzer prances at the success and Mathews gets his expert liars on... I wait for morning, and will listen to AirAm...and hope that all will be okay because everyone ran away or hid.
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If every Iraqi voted, it still wouldn't be a legitimate election, because it is being held under occupation (or, if you prefer, "sovereign government" repression) and therefore it is being held under coercion.
And even if the election was legitimate, the government resulting would be forced to bend knee to US power anyway, because of US domination of Iraq's economy and the continued US military presence.
This is not "democracy." This is imperial rule.
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at 7 AM, a man-in-black walks down the middle of a major street in Baghdad, to send the message: the TET has begun...and OUR troops didn't even notice.....
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MSNBC reporting explosions and gunfire, in West Baghdad. Their poor reporter looks scared to death.
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Where is NPR? Are they reporting anything?
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Violence depresses voter turnout
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How many headless bodies with purple fingers are they gonna find over the next week? Did they really think they were gonna have problems with people voting multiple times?
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I wish the Bush administration was more reality based and realized this election at this time was a bad idea. I get no enjoyment out of this.
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I hate Bush :-(
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