Monday, January 31, 2005
Informed Comment - Juan Cole
A Mixed Story
Professor Cole is upset about the cheerleading tone of the US MEDIA in regard to the Iraqi elections.
...Moreover, as Swopa rightly reminds us all, the Bush administration opposed one-person, one-vote elections of this sort. First they were going to turn Iraq over to Chalabi within six months. Then Bremer was going to be MacArthur in Baghdad for years. Then on November 15, 2003, Bremer announced a plan to have council-based elections in May of 2004. The US and the UK had somehow massaged into being provincial and municipal governing councils, the members of which were pro-American. Bremer was going to restrict the electorate to this small, elite group.
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Very interesting reading.
Professor Cole is upset about the cheerleading tone of the US MEDIA in regard to the Iraqi elections.
...Moreover, as Swopa rightly reminds us all, the Bush administration opposed one-person, one-vote elections of this sort. First they were going to turn Iraq over to Chalabi within six months. Then Bremer was going to be MacArthur in Baghdad for years. Then on November 15, 2003, Bremer announced a plan to have council-based elections in May of 2004. The US and the UK had somehow massaged into being provincial and municipal governing councils, the members of which were pro-American. Bremer was going to restrict the electorate to this small, elite group.
...
Very interesting reading.
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Looks like Blogger is messed up. I can't get over to correct this post - I meant that Cole is upset about the cheerleading of THE US MEDIA, not the US govt, as I posted.... I keep telling myself, proofread before pushing that button...
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