The Election Must Go On
Amid the latest violence in Iraq, UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned that an election cannot occur. He is wrong. An election can occur. A fair election cannot occur.
But who said we want a fair election? If the election were fair, the people just might vote for candidates we don't like, and then we'd have to invalidate the election, as we did recently in the Ukraine.
It's far better to have only a limited section of the populace vote, the section who generally likes us. Or, at least, the section that doesn't hate us so much. Better yet would be to limit the election to the rich Iraqi exiles who lobbied for the invasion.
G-d gave His chosen people, Americans, democracy. But it's up to us to define what democracy truly is.
But who said we want a fair election? If the election were fair, the people just might vote for candidates we don't like, and then we'd have to invalidate the election, as we did recently in the Ukraine.
It's far better to have only a limited section of the populace vote, the section who generally likes us. Or, at least, the section that doesn't hate us so much. Better yet would be to limit the election to the rich Iraqi exiles who lobbied for the invasion.
G-d gave His chosen people, Americans, democracy. But it's up to us to define what democracy truly is.
posted by Colin Cohen at 5.12.04
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