Wil's Rant

How democratic can an election actually be when so many of the citizens will not vote either because they are too afraid or because they refuse to participate so long as the Americans remain in Iraq? A Shiite majority is widely predicted, even though they do not control a majority of the country. Large amounts of people in the Sunni controlled areas are expected to abstain for these reasons. It's still hard to imagine how this can turn out any other way than as a full out civil war. On the up side there are many Shiites and Sunnis working together to try to make the most of this and just perhaps make a start on the long road to true democracy.... Not the republican kind.