December 04, 2003


Out of Iraq by...summer 2008?

One of the key ingredients it would seem would be having those pesky elections in Iraq happen...something the 1600 Crew says they deseperately want (and Sir Karl the Chubbette surely wants) before the coronation in NYC, is a body count (no, not that kind) a Census. But wait, they can't have one...why?

Iraqi census officials devised a detailed plan to count the country's entire population next summer and prepare a voter roll that would open the way to national elections in September. But American officials say they rejected the idea, and the Iraqi Governing Council members say they never saw the plan to consider it.

The practicality of national elections is now the subject of intense debate among Iraqi and American officials, who are trying to move forward on a plan to give Iraqis sovereignty next summer. As the American occupation officials rejected the plan to compile a voter roll rapidly, they also argued to the Governing Council that the lack of a voter roll meant national elections were impractical.

The American plan for Iraqi sovereignty proposes instead a series of caucus-style, indirect elections.

Ah, because they want "indirect elections" or better known as Select-a-Puppet. Isn't that interesting. Every phrase out of the National Embarrassment's mouth is "democracy in Iraq", until it becomes time to actually allow it to go forth. Well, when you're selected, not elected it's so much easier to pay lip service to democracy. Should I be awaiting the DoJ memo over Asscrack's signature cancelling elections next November for National Security too?
posted by Jo Fish on 12.04.03 at 12:52 AM





Comments:

W should put Tom DeLay in charge of the election process in Iraq. That's sure to result in the desired delay in fair elections that W's Administration is seeking. Tom can do for Iraq what he has done for Texas. Perhaps Tom could at the same time revert to his role as exterminator. But, "Justice DeLayed is justice denied."

Shag from Brookline

 posted by: on 12.04.03 at 06:58 AM [permalink]

The puppet's been selected -- it's more like Appoint-the-Puppet at this point we think.

posted by: Sadly, No! on 12.04.03 at 07:44 AM [permalink]

It's been pointed out elsewhere (apoologies, I don't have the link,) that if a voter's roll was the only item lacking for free elections in Iraq, the problem was solved years ago.

Saddam, the vicious, evil depraved monster (remember him, kids? - still missing until just before the stage managed 'elections' next year,) had this little bit of socialism going on in which he **fed* all the Iraqis. There are lists of all members, adult, juvenile, and infant, of all households nationwide, to establish the distribution requirements of the monthly food ration. This was mandated by the UN "oil for food" program.

Like the elimination of WMDs demanded by the UN, this was yet another program with which Saddam apparently complied.

It seems to me it would be a pretty simple matter to take a copy of those lists, add in the names of any juveniles who have attained voting age in the last six months, strike off the names of the thousands upon thousands of adults killed in the last six months and,

Oh. Wait.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo...that system won't work.

 posted by: Lurch on 12.04.03 at 10:26 AM [permalink]

democracy? what's that?

 posted by: tim on 12.04.03 at 11:54 AM [permalink]


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