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January 31, 2009

Democracy’s March Continues as Iraqis Go to the Polls

KT McFarland

The mainstream media is busy patting America on the back for electing a man who would not have been allowed the full rights of citizenship a mere 50 years ago. That a candidate of Barack Obama’s background could be selected as president of the United States merely on the strength of his abilities is a true testament to the strength of our democratic system. Whatever your political persuasion or policy preferences, Barack Obama’s election is a symbol of the strength of American democracy.
 
As a result of Iraqi democracy, the march of history in the Middle East has changed direction.
 
But there is another election going on this weekend, also of historic importance, which is getting very little notice by America’s media mandarins — the regional elections in Iraq.
 
The thought of free and open elections, organized and administered by the Iraqi people, in which all ethnic groups would participate both as candidates and voters, in the country that was once brutally controlled by Saddam Hussein was as unthinkable a decade ago in Iraq as the thought of electing a black man as president of the United States was 50 years ago.
 
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FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributor KT McFarland is a former top Pentagon official in the Reagan Administration and a frequent commentator on national security issues and foreign affairs. Feedback: editorialdirector@familysecuritymatters.org.

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