Iraqis want to vote

Two-thirds of the registered voters in baghdad say they will be voting in the upcoming elections despite all of the threats of violence. Captain Ed points out that Baghdad will have a better turn-out than America did for her past election, which at 60.7% is the best turnout in 36 years.

Iraqi's living in the US are willing to travel 9 hours just to register to vote, and then repeat the same trip to actually vote 2 weeks later. That kind of dedication is what makes democracy such an attainable goal for Iraq.

"For us, right now, this is like a new birthday," said Ali Alhachem of Dearborn. "And we say thank you very much for the USA people, thank you very much for the USA government, thank you very much President Bush."

You won't be reading that quote in the mainstream media.

Unfortunately, some people will have to wait to be "recognized" for voter eligibility. Israeli Iraqi's will be refused the opportunity to vote simply because their country is not recognized. That situation sounds vaguely familiar to our own history of racial prejudice. In time...they will learn.

Update 1/22: Another poll shows that 80% of Iraqi's plan on voting.