A poll regarding the vote in Iraq

[RoeBear]

Poll question: A poll regarding the vote in Iraq

Are you hoping that the elections in Iraq are a miserable failure?

[BamaLefty]

1. Hopefully

Everyone will check the second choice. This is about the future of Iraqis, not our hate for Dumbya.

[Massacure]

2. Both

The Iraqis can be sucessful and disgrace Bush at the same time.

[RoeBear]

6. That would be a nice outcome

but I didn't include it because of all the venom I see being spewed on other threads.

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. my desire to bring the troops home

far outweighs my interest in seeing bush disgrace himself even further. Unfortunately, I don't see them coming home any time soon. :(

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. I hope they elect people who will tell Bush to get out

and to forget about the permanent bases in Iraq. Even is the US and UK don't leave at once, steady pressure from an Iraqi government should make it more difficult for the neocons, especially any plans they have for attacking Iran. I'm not that optimistic, but it's what I'd like to see.

[Dangerman]

5. The Iraqis are voting for another PUPPET government!

Don't you see... ALL of the candidates for this election are PRO-US puppets! There's no way an Islamic fundamentalist government, which is the Iraqis' ONLY hope now, will be permitted to be elected!

This election WILL be a failure.

[msgadget]

7. I wish them well,

even while I suspect it will be considered invalid by many. An election with anonymous candidates and secret polling locations...? C'mon.

[GetTheRightVote]

8. But this is about stable govenering which will not happen in Iraq now

The minority in the country is not representative and this will lead to a civil war in Iraq in the years to come. Iraq is a country of many voices which do not match and never will. Many of those voices have not been a part of this election so it will fail as much as our own stolen election will in the end be a failure because the truth has a funny way of coming to the surface in the end. This election is not run by all Iraqians so it will not be meaningful or lasting.

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[Minstrel Boy]

10. I can't answer this.

The process is illegitimate, but I don't hope it to fail. It just will.

[LibDemAlways]

11. I didn't respond because the "election"

is a sham. When the Iraqi people are no longer living under foreign occupation and have the opportunity to choose their own form of government and those who will lead them -- free from outside interference - then I will reconsider the question.

[Spazito]

12. Well said

If this had been a real, democratic election I would have chosen the second option but as it is a sad farce I cannot vote. The poll presents a false dichotomy.

[RoeBear]

13. I'm heartened by the results of this poll

I'm glad to see people here lining up to say that they hope things go well for the Iraqi people despite their misgivings of it actually turning out good.

[gottaB]

17. It was easy for me to choose option #2

But the poll is biased, so I'm not sure we're in the majority here. The debate will go on for some time, I believe.

[KG]

14. the election is meaningless.

so, the premise of this poll is meaningless.

[PowerToThePeople]

15. if we..

If we, the supposed "beacon of freedom and democracy" can not have hold an honest election, how the h%^$ can we even think that ANY honesty or fairness will take place in Iraq during a war?

[Osamasux]

16. 3) I don't think it will really matter one way or another.

The situation is a complete disaster and this little publicity stunt is not going to fix it.

[Disturbed]

19. I do wish the Iraqi people well yet...

am feeling that they got duped by this election.

Here is why I feel that way:

U.S. Edicts Curb Power Of Iraq's Leadership

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8665-2004Jun26.html

[KitchenWitch]

18. I honestly hope for the best outcome for Iraq

Those people have suffered enough, at our hands and at Saddam's (who was installed by us in the first place). Why do our foreign policy decisions as related to the Middle East always come back to bite us....(rhetorical question)

I really hope the Iraqi's do form a representative democracy, maybe the US could learn about representative democracy from them!

[mordarlar]

20. While hoping for the best for Iraqis Bush has to be stopped.