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My personal musings about anything that gets on my radar screen--heavily dominated by politics.

2005-11-22

Democracy Is Taking Hold Faster Than I'da Thought

This is encouraging:

Iraqi leaders at a reconciliation conference reached out to the Sunni Arab community by calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces and saying the country's opposition had a "legitimate right" of resistance. . .

The communique condemned terrorism but was a clear acknowledgment of the Sunni position that insurgents should not be labeled as terrorists . . . [emphasis mine]

Not terrorists? Why, it would seem they've come even further down the road to true,
American-style democracy than we could have ever come to expect. Why, such clear-headed use of language sounds positively . . .

Senatorial.

By the way, if you didn't know it already, I am being QUITE sarcastic as I post this. However, that sort of dithering about language is awfully PC for people who are defending their country from people who drive explosive-laden trucks into crowds of children. Quite senatorial.

Of course, that's not exactly what the article says; that IS, however, how I've heard it reported twice today. The completion of that sentence is:

The communique condemned terrorism but was a clear acknowledgment of the Sunni position that insurgents should not be labeled as terrorists if they don't target innocent civilians or institutions that provide for the welfare of Iraqis.

That's a pretty useful "if" clause. Does, however, make one wonder why it's getting reported the first way. Hmmmmm . . . . .


Posted by: Michael / 11/22/2005 04:42:00 PM

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