Iraq- final results

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I was suprised about the 2% turnout in some Sunni areas.  I mean, sure, I thought it would be low, but 2% ?

like was said above, that wouldn't be a problem if Saddam was on the ballot.

at least it's under a majority. Now the other parties have to fight like hell to stop the Iran party from establishing a theocracy.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I guess if I lived there I'd vote for the Kurdish ticket even if I wasn't a Kurd. Isn't the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan pretty leftist anyway? I hear they're more of a social democratic group as opposed to the hardline communist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), although the PKK would definately be preferable to the Syrian and Iranian governments they're fighting.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

OK, I looked it up. There are three Kurdish groups:

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (left)
Kurdistan Workers Party (extreme left)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (center to right)

While Saddam was in power and he had little authority in the Kurdish regions due to the no fly zones the PUK and KDP each set up their own governments and got into a little civil war, with the PUK backed by Iran, and the KDP backed by Saddam's government.

So if I was a Kurd living in Iraq I'd guess I'd be a PUK member, if I lived elsewhere I'd be PKK. But since the groups have merged in Iraq for now it'd be a moot point currently.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Do they have any seats? I wouldn't wast emy vote on a party that gets no seats.

I was also talking about what group I'd be a fighter in while Saddam was in power.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If the US had a fascist government I would fight against it. I'm not going to join the military under a president I hate to be shipped off to fight in wars I don't agree with. Furthermore the US military demotes people for mud wrestling, guerilla groups give you a lot more freedom.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

And for fun, from earlier in that article, about Sistani's teachings:
"'It's the Shiite equivalent of the Christian Coalition...the Christian Coalition doesn't want pastors to rule America, but it does want Christian ideals to govern policy.' [by Juan Cole of the University of Michigan]" Ralph Reed with POWER!

here comes the theocracy.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Iran and Iraq are both in need of an Ataturk sans genocide.