A Quick Note on the Coming Iraqi Elections

Donald Rumsfeld recently said Iraq’s January elections "May not be perfect".

The problem is, this isn’t imperfect as in a poll opens a little late because someone overslept. He’s talking about electing a representative body for Iraq but excluding those in the regions where there are hostilities.

Think about that. They want an American established government to exclude entire regions (that are hostile to the US) from the entire democratic process. If you want these people to see this government as legitimate, you can’t exclude them from the process.

I am left wondering if some of these regions actually just have people that we don’t like as the likely winners? What happens to the Bush Doctrine if, in January, they elect the terrorists?