Iraqis Eager to Vote

[bfp]

Haider Ajina passes along a translation of an article in the Arabic newspaper Alsharq Alausat, with the results of a poll conducted by the Iraqi Ministry of Planning:

72.4 % of all of those polled said they would participate in the elections. [If so, Iraqi voting will vastly outstrip participation here in the U.S., where 56% of eligible voters contributed to a record turnout in 2004.]
97% of Iraqis in Kurdistan said they would participate in the elections.

96% of Iraqis in the southern provinces (mainly Shiite areas) said they would participate in the elections.

33% of Iraqis in the central provinces (Sunni Area) said they would participate in the elections.

10% of Iraqis in Central provinces (Sunni Area) said they have not yet made their mind if they were going to vote or not.

62.1% of those polled said that the elections will be neutral and free.

17.8% said elections will not be neutral and free.

66% said that the elections must take place under current circumstances.

53.3% said the security is good in their area..

21.7% said that security was average in their area.

25% said that security was bad in their area.


Interesting: 75% of Iraqis say security where they live is either "good" or "average." Not exactly the impression you would get from the American press.

My own prediction, for what it's worth, is that we'll see a stunning turnout of Iraqis next week, easily surpassing our own electoral participation and dealing a decisive rebuke to the anti-democratic forces of Islamic terrorism.

[Element4040]

BFP, who is going to play the role of Abraham Lincoln in this Civil War re-enactment?

[guerillahost]

A great example of propaganda.

[Hubb]

A great example of propaganda.

You are an idiot....
Do you honestly think that the Iraqi people want to continue to live under opression.
If all you believe is what you see in american media then i can understand why you would think that.
Here try this on for size...and tell me that Iraq's citizens dont want a democracy.

http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/


Friday, January 21, 2005


Countdown to Elections*

One week to elections day and the general atmosphere in the capital is eerie, yet strikingly familiar. I suspect the streets of Baghdad will look as if a war is looming this week. There is no doubt that many Iraqis regard the date of 30 January as a day of renewed hope, one they have been awaiting all their lives, but at the same time, many others are already dreading it.

[guerillahost]

Your right, you know everything about the Middle East and it's people.

I've lived in Egypt for 1-1/2 years
I lived in Israel for 8 months
I've lived in Pakistan for 1 year

Caveat: Dad worked for Lockheed-Martin for 30+ years and traveled the word spreading our countries war machine.

Your right, I know nothing of their culture and you know everything about it.

Who's the asshat now?

Originally Posted by Hubb

You are an idiot....
Do you honestly think that the Iraqi people want to continue to live under opression.
If all you believe is what you see in american media then i can understand why you would think that.
Here try this on for size...and tell me that Iraq's citizens dont want a democracy.

http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/


Friday, January 21, 2005


Countdown to Elections*

One week to elections day and the general atmosphere in the capital is eerie, yet strikingly familiar. I suspect the streets of Baghdad will look as if a war is looming this week. There is no doubt that many Iraqis regard the date of 30 January as a day of renewed hope, one they have been awaiting all their lives, but at the same time, many others are already dreading it.

[bfp]

Your right, you know everything about the Middle East and it's people.

I've lived in Egypt for 1-1/2 years
I lived in Israel for 8 months
I've lived in Pakistan for 1 year

Caveat: Dad worked for Lockheed-Martin for 30+ years and traveled the word spreading our countries war machine.

Your right, I know nothing of their culture and you know everything about it.

Who's the asshat now?

So your living in the middle east for a couple of years gives you enough merit to decide what the Iraqi people want? Your living in the mideast for 2 years - even less - refutes the consistent polling data suggesting a positive atmoshpere?


http://friendsofdemocracy.typepad.co...ers/index.html

[Hubb]

Okay i apoligize for my idiocy on you living there.
But can you refute my arguement and my source. Being someone who has lived there i think that you would see that even though the war isnt a good thing....the people..... in the end will have a better standard of living.....that is what they are saying....not me

[willy_jack]

I hope they vote in a worse government than before......

[willy_jack]

Originally Posted by bfp

So your living in the middle east for a couple of years gives you enough merit to decide what the Iraqi people want? Your living in the mideast for 2 years - even less - refutes the consistent polling data suggesting a positive atmoshpere?


http://friendsofdemocracy.typepad.co...ers/index.html

Gives him a helluva lot more insight than what you have.

[bfp]

Originally Posted by willy_jack

Gives him a helluva lot more insight than what you have.

No it doesn't. Not if you're rejecting empirical data.

Also, I compared his opinion to other Iraqi's.

[guerillahost]

Your data is bullshit and lies. The propaganda you and your party spread is soooooo far from the truth it's sad.

Get it through your thick skulls... not everyone has American values and just because it sort of works for us here, doesn't mean it's correct for everyone else in the world. Kind of reminds me of how a certain group of people in Germany thought that their values and way of life were superior to all and that the world be a much better place if everyone just fell into line.

We need to get the hell out of the Middle East, give Israel back to the Palestine’s and use better energy than what petroleum can provide… and yes, better energy is out there.

Originally Posted by bfp

No it doesn't. Not if you're rejecting empirical data.

Also, I compared his opinion to other Iraqi's.

[guerillahost]

You are such a pawn for the war machine and you don't even realise it or you don't care.

Originally Posted by bfp

So your living in the middle east for a couple of years gives you enough merit to decide what the Iraqi people want? Your living in the mideast for 2 years - even less - refutes the consistent polling data suggesting a positive atmoshpere?


http://friendsofdemocracy.typepad.co...ers/index.html

[guerillahost]

See my post above about your so-called data...

Originally Posted by Hubb

Okay i apoligize for my idiocy on you living there.
But can you refute my arguement and my source. Being someone who has lived there i think that you would see that even though the war isnt a good thing....the people..... in the end will have a better standard of living.....that is what they are saying....not me

[Satchel]

LOLLY at anyone who thinks they can guage Iraqi opinions by reading a blog

[bfp]

Originally Posted by Satchel

LOLLY at anyone who thinks they can guage Iraqi opinions by reading a blog

No, local papers poll 5,000+ local Iraqis every week in order to gauge the opinions regarding the upcoming elections.