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The legacy media still seems to be trying to make Iraq into a disaster. This is not to say that it is all peaces and cream. Far from it.
As I see it, a segment of the Sunni population is trying, without much success, to re-assert their previous control over Iraq. Fallujah taught them that the Americans couldn’t be stopped. Once we decide on an objective, we take it.
It would appear their current strategy is to terrorize the population enough that the elections next month will fail. I think they will fail here also.
The Iraqis have just seen a successful election in Afghanistan. That has to make them wonder why an election in Iraq cannot also be successful.
I don’t expect the election to be perfect, but so what? When Lincoln won his second term not all the states participated in the election. But the U.S. move forward any way. Iraq can do the same.
My take is there is a serious war going on in Iraq. We have two choices: cut and run or make it work.
I voted to make it work.
Posted by Ted at December 7, 2004 9:34 PM