Posted on 03/27/2010 7:17:39 PM PDT by nuconvert
CAIRO — The surprisingly strong election showing by a secular, nationalist coalition in Iraq has provided a sudden opening for the mostly Sunni Arab world to curtail Iranian influence in Iraq, something that has been a source of serious alarm for the United States and its Arab allies since 2003.
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Betcha Obama’s not happy about this.
Probably won’t invite him to dinner.
He could invite him FOR dinner.
NOW, finally at last the ap tools sing the praises of Iraqi elections and all good and positive stuff. Damn these monsters who for eight years ONLY whined and nagged and criticized and undermined everything that was being done there to help democracy flourish. I am SO disgusted and repulsed and sick and tired of these leftist villain monsters.
There....I feel so much better!
ditto
Actually the Administration favors Allawi.
“The banner headline in Asharq al-Awsat, an influential newspaper in Saudi Arabia, said it all — “The Awakening of Moderation in Iraq” — offering an immediate endorsement of Iraq’s top vote-getter by the regional Sunni Arab powerhouse.”
And we can SURELY trust the Wahhabi Saudis to identify any moderate anywhere.
The Middle East in inhabited by various degrees of lunatics - all of them sporting different flavors of Islam.
The only rational, stable, reliable political entity there is Israel. And the Marxist Muslim Menace in the White House is doing everything to destroy this sole bastion of sanity there.
Is Obama a Sunni or a Shiite?
Allawi is much more Pro-American than Malaki ever was. I don’t know if Obama will like this development.
A main positive point about Allawi winning, even by a tight margin, is that he is apparently a Secularist, compared to Malaki. Though he is yet to form a coalition.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-47264920100327
A related article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2467007/posts
He’s still a Muslim and his “pro-Americanness” probably extends only so far as we are useful to his personal ambitions.
I agree. This isn’t about “moderation in Iraq” per Saudi newspaper you cite. It is more about who (Iran or Saudi Arabia i.e. Shia, Sunni or Wahhabi) having majority gov’t & therefore influence in Iraq & in the region.
Saudi ruling class are officially U.S. allies; Iranian gov’t apparently is not. Though they’ve both been very nervous about the situation in Iraq since 2003, and will continue their attempts to manipulate the situation there in their own favor.
Also, both Saudis & Iranians never were big fans of Saddam. Remember the eight yr Iran-Iraq War in 1980’s, Kuwait and the Gulf war during early 1990’s...
But the benefits so far, imo, are twofold: 1. at least Iraqis were able to choose their gov’t & somewhat shape their own future through their votes. 2. Allawi, regardless of his personal motivation, advocates secularism, provided he can successfully form a broader coalition gov’t.
The type of democracy we in the West have is a long way away in Iraq. But, hopefully, the foundations are somewhat set & the outcome of this election will be a small step in the right direction, which will be maintained & built up.
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