If the elections take place, does that really mean Arab ‘democracy’ is alive?
Clue: Elections that take place absent the civil society, is just a process in search of a key ingredient, substance. Going through the motions is mere window dressing.
Daniel Greenfield: The assumption of the argument was that the tyranny that a people were living under was unnatural while the outcome of a democratic election would be natural. And yet, if a people have been warped for a thousand years by not living under a democracy, how could they be expected to choose a form of government that would not be warped? Was there any reason to expect that such efforts at democracy would not lead to tyranny?
Iraq Postpones Elections as Death Toll from Tuesday’s Attacks Exceeds 50
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Almanar.com: Iraq’s cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone provincial elections in two provinces that were scheduled for April 20 by up to six months over security concerns, the Iraqi premier’s spokesman said.
The announcement came as the death toll from 20 attacks that fell on Tuesday exceeded 50, while 171 others were wounded. A wave of car bombs and shootings killed at least 50 people on Tuesday during morning rush hour. The wave of car bombs and assassinations in and around Baghdad fell on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. Police and army established checkpoints and even searched government-marked vehicles that typically pass uninspected, as the security forces stepped up searches and closed off key roads, according to AFP. The attacks struck the neighborhoods of Husseiniyah, Mashtal, Zafraniyah, Baghdad Jadidah, Kadhimiyah, Sadr City and Shuala, as well as the town of Iskandiriyah, just south of the capital. Two people were also gunned down in Saidiyah and Mansur. |
Polls in Anbar province in west Iraq and Nineveh in the north have been delayed, Ali Mussawi told AFP, noting that candidates have been threatened and killed, while there were also requests for a delay from the two provinces.