Encouraging. Good turnout, very little violence, and al-Sadr's Iraqi Islamic Council pretty much got routed and kicked to the curb. In fact, the Maliki-backed State Of Law party (largely secular, fairly moderate, willing to deal reasonably with the U.S., and anti-sectarian) was dominant--what I would call a landslide, at least for a multi-party system.

2/5/2009 1:33:22 PM

yeah i also heard that it was very pro-Iraq and anti the Iranian influence of some Shia

2/5/2009 1:34:51 PM

very positive. political comments aside, those people deserve peace and a functioning government. I hope this is just the beginning of a lasting trend.

2/5/2009 1:36:30 PM

^^yep, that's the other big takeaway.

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 1:39 PM. Reason : ^ yep. i really hope that the upward trend continues & the iraqis finally pull it all together.]

2/5/2009 1:37:29 PM

So how long before we do the ceremonial pullout?

2/5/2009 2:30:15 PM

only after we skeet

2/5/2009 3:08:06 PM

I guffawed

2/5/2009 4:29:05 PM

I MUST BE FUCKING PSYCHIC!

told all of you 13 months ago about this.

yea, I am being childish

2/5/2009 9:50:34 PM

Quote :

"I MUST BE FUCKING PSYCHIC! told all of you 13 months ago about this. yea, I am being childish"

Sometimes it feels good to say "I told you so!"

2/5/2009 9:56:21 PM