Monday, January 31, 2005
Derbyshire on IraqVote: "Euphoria is surely out of place"
Perhaps this was missed in all the flood of happytalk yesterday, but here is John Derbyshire, everyone's favorite non-gay, gay-seeming, gay-hater (and torture fan!) on yesterday's elections:
Paging the wingnuts! When will the hate rain down on this terror-lover?
Then again, perhaps he was disappointed that there weren't spontaneous formations of naked Iraqi pyramids.
And while the election proceedings have been heartening, euphoria is surely out of place. Elections don't by themselves guarantee constitutional government. I have just finished reviewing Philip Short's new biography of Pol Pot(review to appear in the NY Sun next week). The Cambodians had elections a plenty, but they ended up with the Khmer Rouge just the same.
I don't wish the Iraqis any ill, though, and I am glad their election went well. Now, let's concentrate our thoughts on getting the heck out of there.
Paging the wingnuts! When will the hate rain down on this terror-lover?
Then again, perhaps he was disappointed that there weren't spontaneous formations of naked Iraqi pyramids.
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