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Old Jan 29th, 2005, 02:30 PM       
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Originally Posted by Dole
Kev, of course I am not saying they shouldnt be having an election or that its not a good idea, its just it doesnt look like much of an election when people are scared to vote, dont know who is standing etc etc - its far from ideal.
Right, but I think this is the problem with the "progressive" political outlook in general. Now I can't say much about England, but here, we just had roughly 60% of the eligible voters actually vote in 2004. And that was a record, unseen for decades. They're saying they may get a 40% or higher turnout in Iraq. Women couldn't vote in this country until 1920. 1/3 of the candidates in this Iraqi election will be women.

Progress takes time, and for a muslim country that just two years ago this time was being ruled by a dictator, this is a big step for them. Of course it won't be ideal, but expecting the ideal from this situation right now much be a tad bit unrealistic.
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