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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elroy who wrote (216682)2/1/2005 4:05:34 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1571153
 
They are free in terms of the gov't but not so free when it comes to the violence. After all, going to vote yesterday was a major act of courage for many Iraqis. I don't see that as being very free even if they are freer that the Saudis or the Kuwaitis.

Do you disagree?

Yes. I don't think it was all that amazing for most Iraqis to go vote, because most of them live in relatively stable regions. You only hear about the bombs, so you think there are bombs on every street every day. If it were REALLY dangerous in most of Iraq to vote, most of them would not have.

I am well aware that not all of Iraq or even most of Iraq is under siege. Currently, the problems are mainly in cities of the Sunni triangle and Baghdad. Its easy to dismiss them when there are many who live in relative peace in the Kurdish and Shiite territories. However, there still are quite a few people who are worried about their safety 24/7. And its not just the cities. Most major roads leaving Baghdad are dangerous. BTW, its not just the media saying that.......the US military finally is admitting to these problems.]

The major no shows yesterday were in the Sunni triangle and the Sunni parts of Baghdad. The greatest turnout was among the Kurds........they are saying it looks like 80 to 90% of the Kurdish registered voters turned out.

ted
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