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Archives-- Installments for
October 11, 2005 through October 20, 2005, starting below in reverse chronological order.
October
18, 2005--
Sunnis
voting on Iraqi constitution and alleged voting irregularities affect perceptions of Iraqi front in
war against Islamic fascism as terrorist-tree blight or new growth in freedom's forest.
Notwithstanding undisputed physical-observation evidence of significant increases in the
number of Iraqis voting in the October 16, 2005, referendum on the proposed Iraqi Constitution in
areas in which turnout was low in the January, 30, 2005 election, the Left and the FDM/TDMº¹
are certain to focus on the hole in the doughnut: allegations
that in some areas the numbers of "yes" votes were padded and the numbers of
"no" votes were suppressed. Assuming, arguendo, that such
allegations are 100% correct (unlikely), what is now occurring is part of a new phenomenon in the
Middle East: serious governmental investigation, rather than suppression, of such
allegations. In the Saddam Hussein era, who would have dared present to such allegations to
the government?
In the Saddam Hussein era, Iraqis desiring to make such allegations knew they would have to do so
only after leaving Iraq to avoid being killed or imprisoned by the government for doing so.
Today, dissident Iraqis apparently know they can express such allegations without fearing such
reprisals from the government. Moreover, they know that threats of death as retaliation for
political activity come not from the government but from Sunni Fanatics and Islamic Fascists.
Thus, such dissidents' making such allegations directly to the government inside Iraq is at worst a
nascent embrace, rather than repudiation, of the constitutional process.
Undisputed physical-observation evidence of significant and dramatic increases in participation in
the electoral process by dissident Sunnis bodes well for the electoral process. Likewise,
expectations among dissidents that voting-irregularity allegations will prompt serious investigation
rather than violent reprisal by the government is progress rather than regression. It's a sign
that healthy trees in freedom's forest are overcoming the presence of terror-tree blight rather than
vice-versa.
º¹
FDM/TDM means the "Formerly-Dominant-Media" heretofore known as the "Traditionally
Dominant Media," also sarcastically known outside those media by the letters "MSM" to
denote the FDM/TDM's masquerade as the "MainStream" Media.
--Jim
Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.
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Sunni
rather than later it's time to say to our troops, "Thanks In Our Name For Deeds In Our
Name" in the wake of Sunnis joining the voting in Iraq yesterday.
That large numbers of Sunnis join Shiites and Kurds in voting in Iraq yesterday made it clear that
Sunni rather than later it's time to say "Thanks" to our troops (and their families) for
their courage and sacrifices in enabling civilization to dispense the strongest medicine against
totalitarian philosophies that breed, tolerate or employ terrorism: Societal government
founded on a constitutional system affording democratic control by the governed and imposing
limitations on governmental powers.
We are witnessing the unfolding of a process that posterity will recognize as a pivotal,
transformational change advantaging civilization and modernity over barbarity and Islamic
fascism. It will be recognized by future generations as a transformational change that would
not have occurred without the courage and sacrifice of American troops leading the effort.
Therefore, today is not too soon to reiterate our thanks:
From
farms in the country, from cities and towns,
From
places quite humble, from places reknowned,
From
fact'ries, from stores and from offices tall,
From
service professions, from shops in our malls,
Come
Citizen Soldiers their country to serve
As
full-time professionals, guard or reserve.
From
mothers and fathers and husbands and wives
From
children and lovers and friends in their lives
Our
Citizen Soldiers depart despite tears
On
missions of danger in spite of their fears
As
selflessly, proudly and bravely their serve
That
Freedom of Conscience and Faith be preserved.
In
caves and in tunnels where murderers train,
Unspeakable
terror they face in our name.
With
principled discipline, training and skill
In
taming the instinct to kill or be killed,
Our
Citizen Soldiers have honored our name,
So
thank them we must for their deeds in our name.
They
serve in the sky and at sea and on land,
In
mountains and jungles and deserts of sand,
On
foot and in foxholes, in trenches and tents,
In
tanks and on submarine mission descents,
In
planes and on ships and on carrier decks,
In
Humvees and hangars and convoys on treks.
For
risks to themselves they increase as they strive
To
minimize danger to innocent lives,
So
we and posterity freedom retain,
Unspeakable
evil they face in our name.
Our
Citizen Soldiers have honored our name,
so
thank them we must for their deeds in our name:
Chorus:
To
you who defend us we proudly proclaim
Our pride in the deeds you have done in our name.
To
Citizen Soldiers our humble refrain,
We
thank you, we thank you for deeds in our name.
Copyright
2005 (original version copyright 2003; revised in 2005)
Those are the lyrics to a song I originally wrote in November, 2003. Having produced Windows
Media Player "demos" to illustrate the sentiments of the song, we're in the process of
arranging for production of an music-DVD version to feature more sophisticated video imaging and
audio production than in the WMV "demos." . For more information, go to www.PoliSat.Com/Thanks.htm.
Shown above are image-links to two WMV "demo" versions, which are highly compressed and
thus do not do justice to the singing talents of Brad Bennett or Cindy Burgess, who sang the
demos. Brad's version is faster paced than Cindy's version.
--Jim
Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.
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