Mark Mallokent
16.12.2005, 07:43
Hier ein passender Kommentar von Greg Grabinsky über die zur Zeit stattfindende Wahl im Irak :]
"Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2005
Westliche Iraker
There may not have been the same sense of history this time round, but the joy and determination of Iraqi voters emerging from dictatorship was still evident.
Young and old, able-bodied and infirm, men and women, they streamed to polls for the third time in 11 months on Thursday, this time to elect a four-year parliament.
While not as novel as the first post-Saddam Hussein election in January, participation was more widespread. Sunni Arabs, who boycotted the earlier poll for an interim assembly, flocked to vote this time, determined not to miss out on power again.
Demand to vote was so strong in some areas that polls had to be kept open an extra hour. In other places, including Sunni Arab Falluja, ballot papers even ran out.
Wissen sie denn nicht, das Demokratie ein westliches Konzept ist und sie eine harte Hand, am besten eine die noch brav mit den Franzosen und Russen dealt, braucht? Ach, diese Iraker… Vermasseln dem Gutmenschen jedes rassistisches Klischée! "
"Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2005
Westliche Iraker
There may not have been the same sense of history this time round, but the joy and determination of Iraqi voters emerging from dictatorship was still evident.
Young and old, able-bodied and infirm, men and women, they streamed to polls for the third time in 11 months on Thursday, this time to elect a four-year parliament.
While not as novel as the first post-Saddam Hussein election in January, participation was more widespread. Sunni Arabs, who boycotted the earlier poll for an interim assembly, flocked to vote this time, determined not to miss out on power again.
Demand to vote was so strong in some areas that polls had to be kept open an extra hour. In other places, including Sunni Arab Falluja, ballot papers even ran out.
Wissen sie denn nicht, das Demokratie ein westliches Konzept ist und sie eine harte Hand, am besten eine die noch brav mit den Franzosen und Russen dealt, braucht? Ach, diese Iraker… Vermasseln dem Gutmenschen jedes rassistisches Klischée! "