Monday, February 28, 2005

Continued Significance of the Iraqi Elections

More support for the Iraqi elections as a Mideast Turning Point. Mark Steyn observes, in the Telegraph, the impact of the Iraqi Elections on positive developments in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and Saudia Arabia:

“Why is all this happening? Answer: January 30. Don't take my word for it, listen to Walid Jumblatt, big-time Lebanese Druze leader and a man of impeccable anti-American credentials: "I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, eight million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world. The Berlin Wall has fallen." Just so. Left to their own devices, the House of Saud - which demanded all US female air-traffic controllers be stood down for Crown Prince Abdullah's flight to the Bush ranch in Crawford - would stick to their traditional line that Wahhabi women have no place in a voting booth; instead, they have to dress like a voting booth - a big black impenetrable curtain with a little slot to drop your ballot through. Likewise, Hosni Mubarak has no desire to take part in campaign debates with Hosno Name-Recognition. Boy Assad has no desire to hand over his co-Baathists to the Great Satan's puppets in Baghdad.”

Changes are mounting; today Lebanon’s government resigned.

4 comments:

STAG said...

Um, yeah....having your prime minister assassinated with 15 of his aids and assistants will do it to a government....

STAG said...

Um, yeah....having your prime minister assassinated with 15 of his aids and assistants will do it to a government....

STAG said...

Um, yeah....having your prime minister assassinated with 15 of his aids and assistants will do it to a government....

STAG said...

Um, yeah....having your prime minister assassinated with 15 of his aids and assistants will do it to a government....