Joe Galloway is absolutely right, and very clear about the issue this weekend:
That this same small act is a serious threat to those who seek a return to a bloody, brutal dictatorship of the minority can be easily read in the bellicose statements of foreign terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the willing tool of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
How odd that someone who is not an Iraqi, who in fact is Jordanian, should presume to threaten to murder any Iraqi seeking political office and to declare all Iraqis who dare to cast a vote are “infidels.”
Sorry, Joe. Those to the left of you just won’t listen.
I read an excellent analogy somewhere at one of the sites in my link list (sorry, I can’t remember where). When South Africa held its first open election not that long ago, would the left have condemned the election as invalid if whites in South Africa didn’t vote?
I’m still anxious to see how the MSM spins things this weekend. I’m afraid I’m gonna be doing a lot of screaming at the screen.
Comment by Nickie Goomba — January 28, 2005 @ 6:56 pm
By the way, Spoonie… are you a fan of the P.G. Wodehouse golf stories?
Comment by Nickie Goomba — January 28, 2005 @ 6:58 pm
Unfortunately, no matter how well the Iraqi elections go, our media will always manage to find a negative angle.
This post describes how The International Herald Tribune complains that women are going to “be the big losers” in the Iraqi election:
http://ridingsun.blogspot.com/2005/01/iraqis-head-to-polls-women-hardest-hit.html
Comment by GaijinBiker — January 28, 2005 @ 7:26 pm
Absolutely, Godfather! Unfortunately, Bogey is still in possesion of my tome. I’ll have to wrestle it from him next weekend.
Comment by Bunker — January 28, 2005 @ 7:38 pm
Hey, you issued me my nickname, so you should at least spell it consistently, right? ;^)
Anyway, I’m pretty sure you must have lent that particular book to someone else. I’ve just gone through the shelves and I have several of your golf books on loan, but I really don’t remember ever getting that one.
Ha Ha! Having the ability to edit all comments is wonderful! -Bunker
Comment by Bogey — January 29, 2005 @ 1:55 pm