February 13, 2005
8,456,266
Eight million, four hundred fifty-six thousand, two hundred and sixty six Iraqis voted January 30.
That's almost eight and a half million insurgents in the cause of democracy against Baathist and Islamist fascism.
Back in the day when the Democratic Party stood for something, this would have been a cause for rejoicing.
The good news? The Shiite list will need to form a coalition with the two other major parties.
One last point: scroll to the end of the article---apparently ABC News has forgotten that the United Kingdom is in NATO. Ooops.
Posted by Steve at February 13, 2005 03:34 PMIf you can go by these numbers, here in the US we had less than 50% of our eligible voters actually take the time to cast the vote. Lame.
In Iraq, amid the frightening prospect of take a bullet to the head or meet a homicide bomber and take the short trip to the next life, they ranked about 56.3%.
Perhaps we should modify our motto, "Land of the free and home of the brave" ?
Posted by: Paladin at February 13, 2005 07:18 PM
