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The Price of Freedom

I'll be tuning into CNN to get the scoop on the Iraqi elections. I find this whole election process intriguing for several reason including that the candidates up for election haven't campaigned and that most people in Iraq aren't entirely sure what the elections are all about.

Democracy's great and all--don't get me wrong, I LOVE me some democracy, but this seems like too much too soon. Iraqis weren't allowed to make any decisions about anything for decades and now they're deciding who their government officials are. It's got to be a tremendous change.

There are probably several scenerios. One is a bloodbath on election day. Another is election day goes off without a hitch, but in the course of the following months, insurgents start making good on their promise to execute Iraqis who voted.

Oh the price of freedom. In the United States, voting was something that was, at one time, denied women and minorities. Suffragists and civil rights activists changed the face of the vote in this country. I hope the Iraqi people want to create this vote in theirs, because the price will be substantial.

posted by DJ Heavy D @ 6:52 AM