TIME Magazine's Bobby Ghosh tells Wolf Blitzer that in Bagdad voting he was struck by how many people brought their children to the polls, a sign they felt safe. He said voting in some Baghdad precincts was 90%. He said that in other areas outside Baghdad, "any voting turn-out is a bonus."
Retired Marine General Delong tells Blitzer that it was a very good move to have Iraqi military, backed up by Americans, at the polling places. He credits General Luck for this idea, giving Iraqis ownership of the voting process. The vote had an "Iraqi face on it", he said.
BG General (retired) James Marks agrees with Delong. He called the strategy, having American military "imbedded" with the Iraqi army, says it worked, and he too credited General Luck with the idea.
I see bringing the entire family to vote as denying the terrorists animals any chance to obtain hostages as examples.
Seems the Iraqi's out flanked and outsmarted the thugs.
FNC just had and excellent comment: This show EXACTLY why terorists resort to TERROR. They can't ACTUALLY stop anything, the terrorists are powerless to effect change. Today was do or die for the insurgents, the failure is defening.
Geraldo (really!) is chewing out the terrorist over the dead body of woman who went to vote. He really went balistic emotionally on camera. Surprising.