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Originally posted by The Larry Davis Experience
While we're dealing in hypotheticals here, would you see an election where a large number of Sunnis either were not able to register and vote (because they are living in restive areas or have become refugees from their homes in such areas) or chose to boycott as being reflective of the will of the people? In other words, that the government was representative of the segment of the voting population who believe in the democracy we're trying to create over there and that was good enough?
Not a gotcha question here, just curious about how you'd define success in this environment.
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If Sunnis, or
any significant bloc, were not able to vote because of fighting, fear, or whatever, I would call that a failure. If they
choose to boycott because of their perception that they were about to lose, I'd say, tough beans. I have little sympathy for the Sunnis as it is - they gladly held all the power under their beloved leader, and pretty much did their part to ruthlessly keep the majority down for all of SH's years. Just as I would have no sympathy if the hardcore evangelicals here decided to boycott an election, I have none for the Sunnis. It's not that they object to the method - they are simply pre-objecting to the result. They know they've lost their hold. By withholding their vote, they take on no more moral weight then they presently have.
