BBC (Monday): UN 'to explore Iraqi elections'

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Monday January 19 19:23 GMT (11:23 am PST)

UN 'to explore Iraqi elections'

The United Nations is considering sending a team to Iraq to explore whether credible elections could be held before power is transferred.
After talks with Iraq's interim leaders in New York, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said the UN would have a "role to play" in Iraq from July onwards.
The US has sought the return to Iraq of UN staff withdrawn after bomb attacks.
Earlier in Baghdad, thousands of Shia Muslims marched against coalition plans for an appointed government.

Elections are the only way to go. If Bush wants bailed out, he'll have to accept them and the result, even if he doesn't like them.

We should feel sorry for the Frat Boy. Accepting results of elections is not something he thinks is necessary.

[NJCher]

1. just heard a comment

I think it was a UN spokesperson but I'm not sure. Perhaps someone else who heard the report can correct me if I'm wrong; it was on BBC. But the key thing the person said was they would be very careful how they did this lest they be considered as adding their credibility to the invasion.


Cher

[TrogL]

2. This was discussed at some length on the CBC this morning

They put Annan's remarks as considerably more cautious that this article states, the implication being that the UN, being burnt once would be shy twice.

Didn't Dubya say something similar, something like "Fool me once ...duh ...um..."

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. A democratic election

Is in conflict with the Bush plans for Iraq. Although he ignores any real intelligence from that region, he must know that the outcome of an election would not favor a Bush candidate, and would throw the entire place into some kind of chaos.

My guess is that elections won't be held, "power" will be transferred to the puppet council, and we will quietly increase our occupation force, by shifting resouces away from other parts of the globe.


Everything Bush has done, other than the use of massive millitary force to kill, take control and occupy has been a failure.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Control and occupation

Bush's control of the Iraqis doesn't look too strong. Also, 500 American soldiers have died in this misadventure.

I'd say control and occupation is a failure, too. That leaves killing people. Bush has been much better at that.