Sunday, October 16, 2005
Here's A Little Ground Truth For You
We will read word-after-word-after-word about the Iraq elections this weekend. I am sure the perspective on much of it will be skewed. So as you read all this coverage, please read and remember this perspective from Major K.
Tim looks forward to the referendum, and as mentioned, expects it to pass. He doesn't, however, expect voter turnout to be quite as high as the first election. He does not think that it will be due to fear nearly as much as it will be because there are no favorite candidates to vote for and the novelty of elections has worn off a bit. He expects a better turnout for the December elections, when the people have actual candidates to throw their support behind.This is a great weekend for Iraq, and I think history will show for the world. And I'm betting when history is done it will be the mil-bloggers that write "the first draft of history" this time.
