# The Iraqi Vote Has Begun... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398 "2005-01-30T07:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398/221 "2005-02-03T02:27:18Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I don’t think Pierce needed to make that point. It takes a bitter person to rail against that which gives us hope. The Iraqi election evoked the same emotion as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the images of the person standing defiant in Tiananmen Square. Triumph of the human spirit is universal in its appreciation. It cannot be denied, and it cannot be inverted for political gain. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398/222 "2005-02-03T02:48:06Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The Iraqi election evoked the same emotion as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the images of the person standing defiant in Tiananmen Square. Triumph of the human spirit is universal in its appreciation. It cannot be denied, and it cannot be inverted for political gain. The same emotion? Not in me it didn’t! The Iraqi elections are merely the desperate manipulations of an invading superpower which is trying to find something with which to justify its invasion and the resulting bloodshed. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398/223 "2005-02-03T03:21:48Z")
The consequences of these elections for women in Iraq. see link [http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=605289](http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=605289) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398/224 "2005-02-03T03:44:28Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > The same emotion? Not in me it didn’t! The Iraqi elections are merely the desperate manipulations of an invading superpower which is trying to find something with which to justify its invasion and the resulting bloodshed. Then you are disagreeing with the author in question. He did not invalidate the election or the actions of those who voted as you have. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398/225 "2005-02-03T03:55:04Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Then you are disagreeing with the author in question. He did not invalidate the election or the actions of those who voted as you have. That was my point. Where did I say that I **did** agree with him? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398/226 "2005-02-03T03:56:51Z")
> [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](#): > > That was my point. Where did I say that I **did** agree with him? Enjoy your day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iraqi-vote-has-begun/287398.md?page=11)