Are women actually voting or just hoping for an open spot in the harem?
Dream on! These dictator will never share power or respect human rights if they are not forced to.
Geez, this is the first I've heard of this. Amazing.
Well municipal elections are a kinda puny start but who knows. Once people get a taste of democracy it may very well snowball into much bigger things. One thing for sure, they can't recork the bottle. Once it's opened the Genie of self determination may very well gain a fervid and irreversible momentum
This must be some kind of mistake. Arabs are not ready for democracy. They have no tradition of voting and are too stupid to understand the concept.
Dan Rather told me so.
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Are women actually voting or just hoping for an open spot in the harem?
Monica Lewinsky?
We have to. As is proven time and again, free nations and dictatorships cannot co-exist peacefully. One or the other must triumph. Whether by the force of example or by the force of arms, liberty must win everywhere.
Regards, Ivan
HUH?
THIS MUST BE MAKING THE dEMS GO ABSOLUTELY NAIL-SPITTING NUTS
I'd be more afraid of what those people would elect into government...
The house of Saud is firmly allied with the wahabists. May they get the Marie Antoinette cure, and soon.
A fissure opens.
Like the Soviet Union cracking, you cannot give people a little taste of liberty without awakening a ravenous thirst.
Pretty smart really.. After the election all the dumbest Iraqis that voted against him were ELIMINATED... or jailed and tortured to find any of their "friends"..
Joseph Stalin once said: "It's not who votes, but who counts the votes".. so true, consider Washington State in the U.S. the governors election.. and Wisconsin, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Mexifornia, Oregon and New Jersey..(there are others)
One thing is certain Democracy "IS" MOB RULE.... the most powerful MOB WINS.. ALWAYS... Islamic countries were always ruled by MOB RULE.. to this day.. MOBS are what Islamics do best.. and most of western civilization too..
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Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. – John Adams (1814)
Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.- Karl Marx
For some reason Bill Clinton come to mind.
Free elections Saudi-style means anyone is free to run so long as their surname is "Saud".
"... said the AP. "But the ballot is seen as a concrete step in a reform process no one had expected."
The Saudi's announced their intention to hold municipal elections, somewhere about a year ago. This may be a surprise to many but it certainly should NOT be unexpected to the AP. Try to keep up, AP flunkies!
Keep in mind that Saddam was routinely elected in a popular election......
Just another Saudi bamboozlin tactic to keep us amused.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1052520/posts
Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links