{"id":2200,"date":"2005-12-26T14:12:13","date_gmt":"2005-12-26T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2005-12-26T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2005-12-26T18:12:13","slug":"iranian-style-shiite-theocracy-comes-to-power-in-historic-iraqi-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2200","title":{"rendered":"Iranian-Style Shiite Theocracy Comes to Power in ‘Historic’ Iraqi Election!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regular BRAD BLOG<\/a> comment trolls (well, one at least, with little better to do, apparently, then jerk-off to hot Fox News Alerts) have criticized us for lack of coverage of the recent so-called “Historic” Iraqi elections. (Even, we should note, while they don’t seem to give a damn about our own American<\/i> electoral system in desperate tatters.)<\/p>\n

We apologize for the oversight.<\/p>\n

So congratulations to the Iraqi Shiite Mullahs who have gained control of the country’s parliament with the singular help of $300 billion in tax payer dollars (“That’s your money, you should get to keep it.” – GWB) and at the expense of more than 2100+ American lives!<\/p>\n

Yeah, Team America! Spreading Freedom and Democracy around the globe!<\/p>\n

The BRAD BLOG<\/a> congratulates George W. Bush for his unwaivering optimism and steely resolve in “staying the course” in light of all those freedom-hating Liberal nay-sayers who didn’t believe that another Iran in the Middle East was such a great idea. You sure showed them!<\/p>\n

But the biggest congratulations of all, are reserved for Iraq’s new leader! The peace, freedom and democracy-loving Muqtada al-Sadr<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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CONGRATULATIONS! Way to go, Muqtada!<\/p>\n

Or, to quote from the ‘Iraq Rising’ blog<\/a> (oft-linked by Neo-Con wingnut blogs, btw) as run by a “Pro-Liberation” Iraqi, here’s what he posted a few days ago:<\/p>\n

Congratulations America,<\/p>\n

welcome to the Islamic devided wartorn republic of Shit hole Iraq.. Watch your Petrol Gas pomp prices go up.. A bunch off idiots, the whole lot of ya….<\/p>\n

Iraq Rising.. More like Iraq dying..<\/p>\n

Blogg closed.<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course, if you’ve been paying attention to the under-reported rumblings out of Iraq<\/a>, you know that the pro-Western(ish) factions (well, the factions that the American government supports anyway, like the one-time CIA asset, one-time prime minister, Ayad Allawi) performed miserably in the election. And they, like the Sunni’s who also didn’t care for the results, are now rumbling about armed rebellion against the newly elected theocratic majority in parliament as the country inches ever closer towards finally setting a very hot match to the powder keg of full-blown civil war that continues to loom.<\/p>\n

All of that, while Christians in the country are reportedly fleeing to Syria and elsewhere. Ironic, as Juan Cole points out<\/a>, as “the secular Arab nationalist regimes like the Syrian Baath have typically been favorable to local Christians, since they downplay religious identity.” (But we’ll get them next!) It was not an especially very merry for the Christians who still remained in Iraq this year.<\/p>\n

Even the wingnut Pajamas Media is having a tough time<\/a> finding anybody amongst their bevvy of Pro-War bloggers who are happy about the results. (UPDATE: For more on the Rightwing Welfare to Pajamas Media bloggers, see Jane’s thoughts today<\/a>, btw.)<\/p>\n

But, hey, who can forget those purple fingers, huh?! What a triumph!!!<\/p>\n

So much for “Peace on Earth”<\/a>…Oh, well, we tried. It was Christmas<\/a>. So we tried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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