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Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi spoke to a joint meeting of Congress:
Offering a simple, “Thank you America,” Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi declared Thursday that his country is moving successfully past the war that ousted Saddam Hussein and vowed that elections will take place next year as scheduled.
“Elections will occur in Iraq on time in January because Iraqis want elections on time,” Allawi told a joint meeting of Congress, an appearance that President Bush’s advisers hoped would ease American voters’ doubts about the troubled campaign in Iraq.
Despite struggles and setbacks, “the values of liberty and democracy” are taking hold in his country, Allawi proudly exclaimed. “We could hold elections tomorrow” in 15 of 18 provinces, he said, even though terror operatives hope to disrupt them.
“The insurgency in Iraq is destructive but small, and it has not and will never resonate with the Iraqi people,” Allawi said.
As I’ve noted before, if there’s no civil war in Iraq, it’s game over, America wins.
Mainstream media has expressed many fears of a civil war in Iraq. But anybody reading the Iraqi bloggers would know that the vast majority of the Iraqi people are thrilled with freedom. How could they not be, given the torture they were accustomed to for decades? Here’s just one example, from Iraq at a Glance:
Yesterday I was in AlHurriya Olympic Swimming Pool together with my friends, while we were there, the Iraqi soccer team alternates entered the place with the goalkeepers coach Ahmed Jasim..
I met one of the players, Akram Sabeeh, the goalkeeper and talked for few minutes, then I asked some questions and told him that Id publish his words on the internet and hes agreed, so I gladly began my questions:
A: What do you feel when you play now? I think theres a difference than those days during the ex-regime?
Akram: look, I was seriously afraid when I was playing, they were really horrible days under Uday, I was afraid to do anything that might be misunderstood and the result would be the jail.
Now, I feel free when I play soccer, I feel that Im playing to improve myself and never afraid of anyone.
A: So you feel that you are free now?
Akram: of course free.
A: Have you ever been jailed?
Akram: Yes, for 10 days.
A: what for?
Akram: Because I shouted at the referee!
A: Isnt it a humiliating act to be jailed for this reason?
Akram: Yes, but Uday was enjoying doing so, I might be lucky to be jailed only, other players were being beaten severely, tortured and many other brutal acts, youve heard about that?
A:Yes..lets forget what was Uday doing… what about the economical status?
Akram: my salary was 20$ and now it is 200$.
A: wonderful..multiplied by 10..
Akram: Yes, I can think in my future now!
Of course the Iraqi people love freedom and democracy.
