Austin Bay has a wonderful round-up of the news from the Iraq Constitution election...
Major players are coming more and more to realize that dialog, alliances, common interests and just plain politics is the way to win– not violence, intimidation and terror. So this [lesson] is apparently slowly “sinking in” in our confused and frightened Iraqi mentality.
Lots of great information...read all of it.
Also...check Winds of Change for their op-ed on the situation...
The Iraqi people have suffered through a near-continuous crucible of war and murderous oppression for at least 25 years. They are not in the clear yet. But Saturday's successful referendum marks an enormous step in getting clear, even if the vote turns out to have gone against the constitution.
There is nothing I would love to see more than campaigning, speeches and lines and lines of folk here in Chiner doing the same thing. Although...they tried it in one village, only to be quashed by thugs.
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