Firas, of Iraq and Iraqis, on the price of freedom:
Election is a fact and is going to take place on the 30th of January no matter what, and may be some of us are not going to see the day after that day and loose their lives electing the right people or at least who we think right people, but it will be the price for our freedom, may be we didn’t pay enough to remove Saddam, so it is the price we are going to pay that day, the 30th of January 2005 to overcome our fears and be free people who did pay for their freedom.
Its not a dreamy words and not banner words for election campaign, I am not a candidate and I am not going to be one but after few years from now inside Iraq or any where else in the world it will be very prodding to sit beside a chimney fire and tell the story of that day to a grand sun or two, or at least to remember that day a lone and remember that we weren’t afraid of a bunch of masked head choppers who wanted to take us to dark ages where we would be slaves of evil.
They say people get the government they deserve. January 30th will be the day that Iraqis show what they're made of.
May they stand as tall as the Afghans and the Ukrainians.
If surveys turn out to be accurate, a higher percentage of the population will vote in the Iraqi election than vote in American elections, despite risk to life and limb. That would vindicate Bush's assertion that the people there want democracy. Not that the media won't find some way to portray the elections as a failure.
Posted by: Van Helsing at January 23, 2005 02:56 PMI keep hearing that, Van Helsing. I hope it's true.
Posted by: Donnah at January 24, 2005 02:53 PM