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Given that 64 per cent of the Iraqi population turned out to vote, it would be quite likely that most of those who didn't bother to turn up to vote disagreed with the consititution and could be considered a no vote! Therefore minus the one per cent who voted against the constitution it can be concluded that 63 per cent of Iraqis back the new constitution! That is democracy in action.
By the way the elections are not over yet, in December the Iraqis get to vote on a new Parliament. I don't know why you people keep knocking the progress being made towards democracy in Iraq! No democracy can ever be perfect as it is impossible to please all the people all of the time, but the democracy which has been set up in Iraq is as good a democracy as in any democratic country! Iraq can either go forward towards peace, prosperity and freedom or it can go backwards if the insurgents have their way. As the turnout of 64 per cent shows the insurgents do not have the backing of the vast majority of the Iraqi people, nor do they represent them. On the contrary the vast majority of people killed by the insurgents of the past two and half years have been fellow Iraqis.
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Please, get a life.
18.10.2005 02:33
We are in Iraq bringing democracy to the masses of brown people.
The more democracy the better.
99% sounds good to me.
Isaac Allerton
It's just another way.
18.10.2005 06:25
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18.10.2005 08:29
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64 per cent turned out to vote though!
18.10.2005 08:50
By the way the elections are not over yet, in December the Iraqis get to vote on a new Parliament. I don't know why you people keep knocking the progress being made towards democracy in Iraq! No democracy can ever be perfect as it is impossible to please all the people all of the time, but the democracy which has been set up in Iraq is as good a democracy as in any democratic country! Iraq can either go forward towards peace, prosperity and freedom or it can go backwards if the insurgents have their way. As the turnout of 64 per cent shows the insurgents do not have the backing of the vast majority of the Iraqi people, nor do they represent them. On the contrary the vast majority of people killed by the insurgents of the past two and half years have been fellow Iraqis.
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