F R I D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 4 , 2 0 0 4White House Disarray Over Iraqi Electionby Michael in New York on 9/24/2004 03:41:00 PMThe Bushies are in total disarray over the Iraqi elections.</p><p> It's just likeeveryone keeps quoting a different number on the Iraqi securityforces that are fully trained -- anywhere from 22,000 to a couplehundred thousand depending on the speaker and the time of day.The Iraqi elections WILL be held in January says Bush and his Iraqilackey Allawi.</p><p> And everyone will vote and everything is going fine.The Iraqi elections will be held in January says Rumsfeld and ofcourse there's so much violence that 20% or more of the Iraqi peoplemay not be able to vote and that's just fine.Now, the second in command in the State Department flatlycontradicts Rumsfeld and says, no, it ISN'T fine to hold electionswhere a huge chunk of the population can't vote.</p><p> Those are what'sknown as illegitimate elections that won't foster democracy in Iraq orlegitimacy for the government anywhere in the world.And as Steve Clemons points out on his blog, there will be virtuallyno election monitors in Afghanistan and no one is even talking aboutelection monitors in Iraq.</p><p> Again, by the basic standards of afunctioning democracy, that means both of these elections will beillegitimate in the eyes of the world.The Bushies are way off message and contradicting each other everyday in a Keystone Kops manner.</p><p> Wanna bet this latest blip is a smallbit of revenge by Colin Powell? Dinars in Stock - Buy NowFirst Class Service Next day COD deliverywww.SafeDinar.comIraqi Dinars in Illinois$48.50 for 25,000 Iraqi Dinars Credit Cards &COD Acceptedwww.DinarProfits.comInvestigate Bush & CheneyJoin Sen.</p><p> Leahy's call for a truth commission:Sign the petition now!ga3.org/campaign/btcpetition Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> HuffPost PoliticsAllison Kilkenny: Obama, Nukes, and the World -President Obama has seized upon North Korea'smissile launch to talk about a new approach tonuclear disarmament.</p><p> Most people agree with theswell commonplac...21 minutes agoDaily Kos"Difference isn't a threat" - Dave Neiwert, theblogosphere's leading expert on the eliminationistmovement, has a typically excellent post about theweekend's tragic shooting at Croo...23 minutes agoCrooks and LiarsNCAA Basketball Open Thread - Satire from TheOnion.</p><p> Yeah, yer brackets are in the toilet.</p><p> Openthread for the NCAA Championship game, a regularopen thread appears at 8:30 Pacific Ti...46 minutes agoEschatonMonday Night Thread - I wonder if Peter will dosomething stupid on Heroes tonight.1 hour agoFiredoglakeFDL Movie Night Welcomes John Holowach: High:The True Tale of American Marijuana - Last month,Attorney General Eric Holder said the federalgovernment would stop raiding marijuanadistributors in states where it is legal.</p><p> But lastweek H...1 hour agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Show AllDinars in Stock - Buy NowFirst Class Service Next day COD deliverywww.SafeDinar.comIraqi Dinars in Illinois$48.50 for 25,000 Iraqi Dinars CreditCards & COD Acceptedwww.DinarProfits.comIraqi Online DatingFind Friends or Your Perfect Match Join ForFree!www.ArabLounge.com AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: White...http://www.americablog.com/2004/09/white-house-disarray-over... 1 of 64/6/09 9:52 PM
