"Armies of darkness" won't stop Iraq election

[leftchick]

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=634013

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Speaking after a particularly bloody few days in which more than 70 people have been killed, Yawar said: "Right now, we're faced with the armies of darkness, who have no objective but to undermine the political process and incite civil war in Iraq.

"But I want to assure the whole world that this will never, ever happen... After all these sacrifices, there's no way on earth that we will let it go in vain," said Yawar, who holds a largely figurehead position in the administration set up in June to take over responsibility from the U.S.-led occupation forces.

Next month's vote, Iraq's first taste of democracy in decades, is to elect a national assembly that will oversee the writing of a new constitution and appoint a new government.

With insecurity profound in Sunni areas of Iraq, including Baghdad, many leaders of the 20 percent Sunni Arab community in the north and west have called for a poll delay or even a boycott.

[saigon68]

1. The "PUPPET" government has already been elected

They all will take orders from Viceroy NEGROPONTE I

The so called "balloting election" is a mere formality

[hatrack]

2. Woah, dude!! It's the Army Of Darkness!!

Maybe John Carpenter can direct the election, and we can all get really baked, man, and watch the body parts fly through the polling places, dude!! :eyes:

[bin.dare]

13. Armies of Darkness is better than ...

"Dead Enders and former Baathists". Actually no, i just love dead-enders as a name for fighters.

[bemildred]

23. "Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas"

Surprisingly accurate description.
At least they could try to be original.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/

[DireStrike]

3. But the republicans WANT the "election" to happen.

They wouldn't stop it.

[sam sarrha]

4. it is already rigged, 51% to 49% even if everybody is killed get'n to the

pol's.................

[Lone Pawn]

15. Not likely

There are 300 political parties right now. Are you suggesting only two would get votes?

[sam sarrha]

16. That is the percentage of the last Rigged election here... get it ??

[Lone Pawn]

19. There cannot BE a 49%-51% vote in parliamentary elections.

They don't vote candidate, they vote party. And there are over 300 parties, each with support only in a certain small geographical base.

[Tempest]

5. Bruce Campbell to the rescue

Bruce will set those "evil dewers" straight.

[Hobarticus]

8. "Listen up, you insurgent screwheads..."

This is my BOOMSTICK!

[belab13]

9. and all I can think of is..

"Give me some sugar baby!"

[johnfunk]

18. Groooooo-vehhhhh!

[GregW]

21. Klaatu Barada N... Necktie... Nickel...

It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word!

[proud patriot]

24. LOL that's what I was thinking

man he can kick the armies of darkness butts

[koopie57]

6. hummm....

I wonder who came up with the phrase "armies of darkness". I was so looking forward to no more "evil doers" "those who hate our freedoms" ... now we have four more years of that crap staring at us. My wish for next year is that I don't slit my wrist.

[gratuitous]

20. This language appeals

To the folks who confuse B grade horror movies with reality. They're apparently more numerous than either one of us would like to recognize.

"All I see you leading, Mr. Allawi, is jack and shit. And Jack just left town."

[daleo]

7. Next, they will be called zombies

Night of the Living Dead-Enders.

[mike_c]

10. of course not-- the winners have already been chosen....

eom

[Just Me]

11. Yeah,...I heard that,...and,...the Bush regime is so in bed with the Saudi

that I imagine they are masterminding this whole "world rule" thingy.

Both obviously have the capacity to betray anyone who fails to toe into their pursuits for power.

Talk about absolute power corrupting those who hold it. You realize, of course, that neither of these regimes believe in either power-sharing or anything remote to democracy.

Ugh.

[Matilda]

12. Best thing the Iraqis could do is boycott the election.

If nobody turns up to vote, those final figures will be pretty
hard to sustain.

[CatholicEdHead]

14. I heard that also

It is language probably pushed by Rove behind the scenes to appeal to the Fundie base. They eat terms like this up.

[VegasWolf]

17. Put all the politicians on a bus and give them a tour of Iraq. n/t

[LifeDuringWartime]

22. give me some votes, baby

[merwin]

25. This sounds like a bad sci-fi Movie

Armies of Darkness? Who are they kidding? What are we then... "Warriors of Light" or something?

Geez. This is sounding more and more like a religious crusade every day.

[Deja Q]

26. Sounds like a puppet if you ask me. And given that * went into Iraq with

lies and deception, just who did the inciting of a civil war?

[leftchick]

30. a puppet indeed...

I would bet rove wrote this little ditty for him as well.

[Rochambeau]

27. Funny! The nazis called french Resistance "the army of shadows"...

They were "terrorists" too of course...

[buddysmellgood]

28. Okay, so the orcs and Uruk-hai won't stop the election, but what about

all those freaks with bombs strapped to their asses running into the polling place?

[imax2268]

29. OH MY GOD...!

run...it's the army of darkness...



has anyone else noticed that this administration and it's cronies lift lines from popular movies in their speeches...?

[neweurope]

31. Yes. The German nazis used the same kind of bombastic language.

There's a thread here about Michael Moore. I think if one wants to reach the people one must beat them at this game. Though I hate this thought, it's sounds so incredibly silly.

*g* "Warriors of light" sounds good, though. Let's all be the warriors of light and Enlightenment, then!

[American Tragedy]

32. "Gimmie some sugar, baby."

"Name's Ash... Housewares."