Democracy on the Wing
Democracy on the Wing
Michael Rubin discusses elections in Iraq:
The images on al-Sharqiya, Iraq's most popular television channel, are slick and sophisticated; except for their language, they wouldn't be out of place in an American political campaign. Amid pictures of flags, ballots and Iraqi children, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi promises "a bright future and a strong and competent Iraq."
Among the freedoms Iraqis -- Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds alike -- have embraced since Saddam Hussein's ouster is access to satellite television. Most Iraqis are news junkies, rapidly channel-surfing to catch the latest headlines. As I watched television with a Kurdish friend, Allawi ads ran repeatedly on Iraqi channels and on al-Arabiya, an Arabic satellite channel broadcast out of Dubai.
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Posted by Andrew Jaffee at January 26, 2005 04:08 PM
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There is little to no corrolation between Iraq's national election campaign and the establishment of an Atlantic Alliance type democratic government in Iraq. It takes more than gasoline in a generator for representive government to become established.
Writing an article on the pending election using phrases such as "a sign of tolerance" and "political maturity" document that resident scholars at the American Enterprise Institute are pedants.
Kol tuv,
BobW
Posted by: BobW on January 27, 2005 03:21 AM
Democracy on the Wing
Michael Rubin discusses elections in Iraq:
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Posted by Andrew Jaffee at January 26, 2005 04:08 PM