Thursday, October 13, 2005
Bankok Post
The Bankok Post's editorial page is optimistic:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/14Oct2005_news20.php
It wasn't very long ago that Gail Collins, a disaster in her own right, was calling for the postponement of the Iraqi elections last January - a move that would have cost the United States and the cause of liberty a ringing moral victory.
Thank God we didn't listent to the New York Times. And it should stand as a source of shame to the Times that a Bankok daily has more faith in us than they do at the Times.
Splash, out
Jason
As controversial as the Iraq war has become around the world, it is easy to lose sight of the extraordinarily good news that has emerged from that country and battleground. The first was the downfall of one of the world's most heinous dictatorships. Saddam Hussein killed his people, bullied his small neighbours and threatened his large ones. The other is the widespread and enthusiastic way in which Iraqis have grasped democratic choice. This weekend, they will once again go to the polls to make the decisions that will decide their country's fate. When Iraqis vote _ or abstain _ tomorrow on a constitution hammered out in a remarkably short time, they will be doing something none of their Arab neighbours do. Several major Sunni organisations still were debating this week whether to vote or boycott. By contrast, about 5,000 members of major Islamist student groups in Egypt held protests to demand a free vote, on anything. The arguments and debates over the proposed Iraq constitution during the past several weeks have been passionate, opinionated and peaceful.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/14Oct2005_news20.php
It wasn't very long ago that Gail Collins, a disaster in her own right, was calling for the postponement of the Iraqi elections last January - a move that would have cost the United States and the cause of liberty a ringing moral victory.
Thank God we didn't listent to the New York Times. And it should stand as a source of shame to the Times that a Bankok daily has more faith in us than they do at the Times.
Splash, out
Jason
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