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This from today’s Washington Post
U.S. Lowers Expectations On Iraq Vote
Process Emphasized, Not Turnout or Results
With just over two weeks until the Iraqi elections, the United States is lowering its expectations for both the turnout and the results of the vote, increasingly emphasizing other steps over the next year as more important to Iraq's political transformation, according to U.S. officials.
The Bush administration played down voter turnout yesterday in determining the elections' legitimacy and urged Americans not to get bogged in a numbers game in judging the balloting, a reflection of the growing concern over how much the escalating insurgency and the problem of Sunni participation may affect the vote.
What breathtaking arrogance! It’s as if the Nazis had turned round after World War II and said of the death camps,
“Stop going on about the number of people we killed, can’t you just admire the efficiency with which we did it?”
U.S. Lowers Expectations On Iraq Vote
Process Emphasized, Not Turnout or Results
With just over two weeks until the Iraqi elections, the United States is lowering its expectations for both the turnout and the results of the vote, increasingly emphasizing other steps over the next year as more important to Iraq's political transformation, according to U.S. officials.
The Bush administration played down voter turnout yesterday in determining the elections' legitimacy and urged Americans not to get bogged in a numbers game in judging the balloting, a reflection of the growing concern over how much the escalating insurgency and the problem of Sunni participation may affect the vote.
What breathtaking arrogance! It’s as if the Nazis had turned round after World War II and said of the death camps,
“Stop going on about the number of people we killed, can’t you just admire the efficiency with which we did it?”
posted by phylos @ 13:57
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