Iraq Elections

I haven't said much about the Iraqi elections in the past few days, but Juan Cole reminds us that a large voter turnout in Iraq does not necessarily bode well for the US cause there.

It is not actually a positive sign for the Americans that Sunni Arabs came out to vote in order toget rid of them, to see if they couldn't get rid of the current pro-American government, to underline that the armed struggle will continue, and to prove that Sunni Arabs (20% of so of the population) are a majority of the country! The American faith that if people go to the polls it means they won't also be blowing things up is badly misplaced.

We'll just have to wait and see how this turns out. I'm not very optimistic, but I certainly hope I'm wrong.