On 14 Feb 2005, at 10:53 pm, Dan Minette wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:43 PM Subject: Re: Live video of Texas Legislature Marine recognition
My nephew the Army Ranger is back in Iraq. He was protecting the vote. He is at Mosul, where they had 10% voter turnout. I was doing a calculation the other day - it looks like Iraqi voter turnout as percentage of voting age population was much lower than we might have heard here. They did not meet the goal of 50%. I guess our so-called liberal media missed that call.
The latest numbers I've seen are around 57%-58%. That's pretty close to
the forcast numbers. The Sunni participation was at the low end of
expectations, and the Kurds were very high.
When final results are in I suspect we will have helped the Iraqis electtheir equivalent of the Taliban.
That statement brings up an interesting question. How do we weigh the importance of having a government in a foreign country that matches our viewpoint vs. having a government that represents the viewpoint of the majority of the people in a country?
One critical point on this is human rights. Clearly, we would have been
right to forceably oppose the Nazi murdering the Jews, even if they had
sucessfully stood for reelection (as they probably could have if they they
chose to have elections).
Godwin's Law Dan.
But, if an elected body accepts Islamic law as a
basis for civil law, then I see us not having the ability to overrule that
body.
But Islamic Law is Evil. The stoning, the beheading, the chopping off hands... if they choose it then they are not fit to choose.
If a bunch of cannibals vote to continue cannibalism then it is obvious they need a bit more schooling in decent behaviour before they get to run their own affairs.
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