The Press Just Doesn't Get It

As I was listening to the BBC's radio news coverage of the impending Iraqi elections, it became obvious to me that they just don't get the real issue.

They were all concerned about the security of the polling places, and even interviewing Iraqis who claimed that all the security measures prove is that the polling places are not safe.

Well, duh!

The real issue is whether the Iraqis really want freedom. Their country has been invaded by so called insurgents who only the Iraqis have a chance to defeat. (Most coalition soldiers won't know the difference between a Syrian, Iranian, or Iraqi accent.) In order to prove to themselves, the "insurgents", and the world that they want freedom, the Iraqis must turn out at the polls despite the fact that some of them will be blown-up, shot, and or otherwise assaulted. Freedom isn't free, and even some of the Iraqi citizens complained that they didn't overthrow Saddam Hussein. Well, no is their chance to stand up and fight for their country!