There are 240,000 Iraqis in the United States that are eligible to vote in the upcoming Iraqi elections. To ensure their participation, polling places have been set up throughout the country in Maryland, Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago and Detroit. Yesterday, the first batch of folks started to trickle in. Now, keep in mind that the mainstream media in this country wants you to be convinced that democracy in Iraq is doomed, the election will be a failure and the war in Iraq was a mistake. With that in mind, let's take a look at what some of the Iraqis in the United States are doing to be sure they are registered to vote:
He follows with a few examples of Iraqi citizens living in the US who are going through a not-inconsiderable effort to be able to vote in the first free election Iraq will have seen in 50 years. Here's one:
67-year-old Abdul Al-Haddad drove six hours from Raleigh, Carolina to New Carrollton, Maryland to register to vote. Speaking through a translator, he said ''I feel I am responsible for my country, to build a free Iraq."
This, my friends, is the face of the New Iraq that the US is trying to foster and which we hope will bloom in the Middle East. The effort that these people are going through should serve as an inspiration to all citizens of the United States and motivate us to vote in each and every election, regardless of how we cast those votes.
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