As Iraqis prepare to vote on a draft constitution Saturday, they are also girding for an upsurge in bombings and other insurgent violence.
After months of political wrangling, the Iraqi constitution is still a work in progress. Whether the document can achieve its main political purpose — to be a vehicle of national reconciliation — remains in doubt.
Still, Sunnis won a key concession this week giving them the ability to try to amend the constitution later, after a new parliament is elected in December.
This weekend promises to be another grim, bloody milestone in Iraq’s uncertain road to democracy. But it is at least that — another step forward, with Iraqis having another opportunity to directly shape the destiny of their country.
Americans’ thoughts and prayers are with the U.S. and Iraqi soldiers who are putting their lives on the line to give them that chance.
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It will be a great day in Iraq. I suspect that the Constitution will pass.
Joe W–
You’re kidding me, right?
When we got Saddam was gonna be a great day. When Iraq had elections was gonna be a great day. Now, when Iraq ratifies its constitution is gonna be a great day.
Is there any Bush lie you won’t believe?
Sheesh . . . fool me once, yes, but fool me day after day after day, holy mackeral . . .
Galahad, all those things you listed were great days….It’s usually charactarized as progress!
They aren’t great days for you because you are part of the blame america crowd who thinks that that freedom just happens spontaneously without any struggle to obtain it and bloodshed to keep it. You think that one lost life is worth more than 10000 lived in oppression. You take such liberties to open your pie hole and with every word you utter youo disparage the very people who have secured that right.
Go rent a movie called mosquito coast tonight, and when it is over ask yourself the question how that movie would have been diffrent if harrison ford would have had some guns and was willing to fight for and keep the comfort and security that he had worked hard to provide.
DR,
Go rent “The Quiet America,” and see what happens when we try to impose “freedom” at the barrel of a gun.
I’ll bet you 50 bucks that nothing has changed in Iraq a year from now.
“American,” not America . . .
GalahadAre you paid by the enemy or are you just stupid?
“are you just stupid?”
Funny question for Joe to be asking….
I saw “The Quiet American” I didn’t remember seeing anybody impose freedom with a barrel of the gun.
Galahad! I’ll take that bet.
I have not seen “the Quiet American” I will see it soon.
uh dr? I did see the Mosquito coast. I am wondering if you saw the same movie I did. Ford’s Character in the Mosquito Coast sought escape from the greed that engulfed America. He brought technology but lived simply among the natives of Belize. When confronted by a criminal element, he used non-violent means to neutralize it. In the end he was doomed by a practitioner of religous dogma. In short dr, WHOOSH! That movie went WAY over your head!
The result of this “election” is not relevant in the long term. We will make it what we want it to be, just as we made Saddam. Or, did you miss the pictures of DONALD RUMSFELD hugging the “evil dictator” back in the 80’s when he fit a need to our ends?
Iraq is a MESS. It was a mess from it’s founding and it will ever be a mess. That is unless and until the various factions in that made up nation are finally allowed to find their own way. And they won’t and can’t do that while under our occupation.
Iraq is not suited for Democracy! All multi ethinic, multi racial political entities are artificial and doomed to fail. Lebanon, the former USSR, Yugoslavia and even the Czechs and Slovaks did not want to co-exist.
Democracy and diversity do not mix and you can have one or the other but not both. Iraq will fall into civil war as surely as America will fall to bloody race war, it is inevitable, Thank God!!
Iraq is not suited for Democracy! All multi ethinic, multi racial political entities are artificial and doomed to fail. Lebanon, the former USSR, Yugoslavia and even the Czechs and Slovaks did not want to co-exist.
Democracy and diversity do not mix and you can have one or the other but not both. Iraq will fall into civil war as surely as America will fall to bloody race war, it is inevitable, Thank God!!
Joe C. asks “are you paid by the enemy or just stupid?”
Remember when Joe C. whined about liberals insulting him on another post?
I’m either treasonous or stupid for thinking that the war in Iraq is a terrible mistake. Well, thanks for not INSULTING me, Joe C.
Joe C. asks “are you paid by the enemy or just stupid?”
Remember when Joe C. whined about liberals insulting him on another post?
I’m either treasonous or stupid for thinking that the war in Iraq is a terrible mistake. Well, thanks for not INSULTING me, Joe C.
Joe C. asks “are you paid by the enemy or just stupid?”
Remember when Joe C. whined about liberals insulting him on another post?
I’m either treasonous or stupid for thinking that the war in Iraq is a terrible mistake. Well, thanks for not INSULTING me, Joe C.
Sorry about the triple posts. The connection is so LAG G G G YI keep getting “time out” messages and I can’t tell if I’ve posted or not.
By the way, Joe C., how would one go about getting paid by the enemy? I could use some extra cash, I don’t know about you . . .
Joe W.–
You’re on. Oct 15, 2006. If people can drive from the airport to downtown Baghdad without an armed escort, if the country has a stable elected gov’t, if the US has pulled more than half of its 140,000 troops out, and we’re not losing 1-2 soldiers a day, then I will be happy to pay you 50 US dollars.
If however, any of the above is not true, you owe me. And I won’t enjoy collecting it.
I want the Iraqi invasion to be a quick success, just like every other American, liberal or conservative.
But I know from the simple facts of the situation that it can never be a success the way BushCo. promised.
BTW, Joe C., my son-in-law served a year in Iraq.
Joe aint got nothing to say. He is waiting for El Rushbo to tell him what to post.