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With Freedom Comes Politics
Topic Started: Oct 18 2005, 05:11 AM (70 Views)
cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Progress.

With Freedom Comes Politics: Iraqis are much more optimistic about their country than American opinion makers.
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On Oct. 15, Iraqis demonstrated that their desire to determine the future through the ballot box was the rule rather than the exception. Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen; Sunnis, Shiites and Christians--all braved threats of violence to vote. The vast majority voted in favor of the constitution. But whatever their positions, Iraqis considered their decision carefully.

...The referendum capped a constitutional drafting process over which Western commentators and diplomats had been quick to panic. They misunderstand that with freedom comes politics.

...Even without consensus, the constitution represents the type of social and political compromise lacking through the Arab world....Consensus was not always possible, but compromise was. As with the constitution, the nature of compromise is a result ideal to none but fair to all.

...The referendum result again demonstrates that American policy- and opinion-makers are more pessimistic than are Iraqis....

...Bombings and body bags are tragic. But they do not reflect failure. Rather, they represent the sacrifice that both Iraqis and Americans have made for security and democracy. The referendum, refugee return, real estate and investment show much more accurately--and objectively--Iraq's slow but steady progress.


Subtitle says it: Iraqis are much more optimistic about their country than American opinion makers.

Progress. A victory for them. And us, in a Terror War fought not so much militarily but politically.
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
--Barry Goldwater
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DanHouck
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Dull topic I guess.

Or it flies in the face of calls for withdrawal?

You may not support the war but isn't it good the Iraqis have gotten this far?
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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Banandangees
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cmoehle
Oct 19 2005, 12:26 AM
Or it flies in the face of calls for withdrawal?

Some could agree with "flies in the face ..."

Good for Iraq. Maybe they'll make it in spite of their own resistors. You've got to hand it to them for their courage to get out and vote with all the all the human bombs seeking them out. They seem to have the courage of our founding fathers......how long did it take for us to ratify our Constitution?
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cmoehle
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Chris - San Antonio TX
There didn't seem to be as much resistance. I heard Sunni turn out was high, perhaps to vote nay, but to vote just the same. It's a start.


This guy, Fareed Zakaria, in Finally, a Smart Iraq Strategy, offers an interesting insight.
Politics is the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.
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