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To: Allegra

Your take on current events?


18 posted on 08/02/2010 9:39:59 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Your take on current events?

The Sadrists are making a lot of noise and their deranged leader is encouraging them from his hidey-hole in Iran.

However, the majority of the people don't want that brand of leadership.

What a lot of people forget is that Iraq was largely secular under Saddam Hussein. Women are not required to cover up, can vote and hold public office (and they do), alcohol is legal and liquor stores, bars and dance clubs are not uncommon in the big cities.

In my own opinion, the best-case scenario would be Allawi assuming the PM position. He is a secular Shia and western-friendly. He won a very close national election last March and has already shown that he has the ability to govern when he was the provisional leader from '04 to '05.

20 posted on 08/02/2010 9:53:14 AM PDT by Allegra (I am not humblegunner...and Pablo is very wily.)
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