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Originally posted by DanS
It's possible that a unity government will be formed from the main winners. That wouldn't be so bad.
It's possible that a unity government will be formed from the main winners. That wouldn't be so bad.
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This is very likely as no one is going to want to go to the trouble of run off elections with all the violence associated with elections in Iraq. Besides Allawi won't be the top vote getter but the top parties will need him since he has a tough on insurgents reputation and is seen as a man the international community knows and respects.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate. -
One thing to note - just because several parties share a list doesnt mean they will get along post election. Israel is a western demo with experience with nationwide prop rep, and coalition negotiations invariably bring up issues of sharing jobs and influence among members of the same list - one of the reasons Sharon is turning to labor, since he cant count on all members of the same party. Even if list 169 gets say 45% of the vote -it seats will still be shared among Dawa, SCIRI, INC, and others based on their places on the lists. Dawa and SCIRI are rivals. A narrow govt could be quite unstable."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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It seems my teacher is one of the candidates."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
Middle East!Comment
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Acoording to the NYT, the UIA has commited itself to a secular government run by non clerics(meaning Hakim won't be PM).
A timetable would be a good thing, but only so long as the Iraqi government believes it will be strong enough to battle the insurgency on it's own and defeat it. Obviously the Iraqi government will be up against the wall if the insurgency wins, so they won't send the US forces home unless they are reasonabbly sure they can win."I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer
"I imagine the neighbors on your right are estatic." - SlowwhandComment
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Any party which wins the elections is going to have to ask the coalition to leave or else it will be seen as a puppet. The problem arises if the new government doesn't have the strength to defeat the sunni insurgents militarially yet must be seen as asking the US/UK to leave thus I predict a long time table for withdrawal filled with lots of loop holes for later back tracking.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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I assume something is funny here, but I'll be damned - or at least slightly more pleased with my own cleverness - if I can figure out what.Originally posted by lord of the mark
Ah, CIA outpost Stockholm is doing its job, I see.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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Everybodys talking as if a win by Allawi is ipso facto proof that the US has manipulated the Iraqi election - ergo, according to this joke that I made up on the spot, if Iraqi expats in Sweden voted for Allawi, this is due to the hard work of the CIA station chief in Stockholm (assuming there is one) - a jab both at those alleging a rigged election, and a more subtle jab at CIA careerism (see, station chief Stockholm got two Iraqi expats to vote Allawi, he deserves a promotion)Originally posted by Last Conformist
I assume something is funny here, but I'll be damned - or at least slightly more pleased with my own cleverness - if I can figure out what.
It really kills a joke to explain it, no? I freely admit it wasnt much good to begin with, though
"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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Ah. I was reading it as if Stockholm was a CIA outpost, rather than had one, which didn't make much sense.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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it would have been better if i hadnt blanked on the phrase "station chief", - but then would that have helped?Originally posted by Last Conformist
Ah. I was reading it as if Stockholm was a CIA outpost, rather than had one, which didn't make much sense."A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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[QUOTE] Originally posted by Last Conformist
Ah. I was reading it as if Stockholm was a CIA outpost, rather than had one, which didn't make much sense. [/QUOTE
Not that it necessarily makes much sense for Stockholm to HAVE one, but i dont really know
"A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.” Martin BuberComment
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Too late to find out.
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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They are driving several hundred miles to Nashville Tennessee to vote. Apparently we have quite a large poplualtion here. I say give them a chance like we all have. I predict that there will be a larger turnout in Iraq than there was in the last election in the United States. There must me a lesson here somewhere...Comment
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Haven't you heard? Bush has planted a microchip in their butts. This is the straight scoop from Michael Moore...Originally posted by lord of the mark
Everybodys talking as if a win by Allawi is ipso facto proof that the US has manipulated the Iraqi election - ergo, according to this joke that I made up on the spot, if Iraqi expats in Sweden voted for Allawi, this is due to the hard work of the CIA station chief in Stockholm (assuming there is one) - a jab both at those alleging a rigged election, and a more subtle jab at CIA careerism (see, station chief Stockholm got two Iraqi expats to vote Allawi, he deserves a promotion)
It really kills a joke to explain it, no? I freely admit it wasnt much good to begin with, though
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Haven't you heard, Lincoln? Nothing good can come of this election. The Arab Sunnis say that this is so. Get with the program!I say give them a chance like we all have.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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In California the TV is showing busloads of Iraqis going to LA to vote. It appears our strong economy has attracted a fair number of Iraqi refugees and immigrants.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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