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Originally posted by Miss Novette
I'd love to think that your solution would work, but there are problems that should be addressed.
1. I don't think it should be just the US who gives money for the elections. Come to think of it, France and Germany are two countries who benefit the most from Iraq and dislike the US the most.
2. There is no way to have a fair election in Iraq. Their people are way to scared of what will happen to them if he loses. No one there would believe they are 'safe' from the government. The UN cannot protect everyone within Iraq.
3. Not sure if you noticed, but all the dudes in Iraq dress and act just like Saddam. The women are, like most countries over there, not respected and would no way win an election.
4. The people of Iraq do not know anything about freedom and democracy. This is evident as they have not fought for their rights, nor will they ever fight for their rights. So, should someone other than Saddam win, they will continue with the same type of government that has always existed there.
I must commend you on doing something different by offering solutions without bashing America. It's so nice to see.
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1. I have a revised copy but I couldn't edit my post (60 minute limit) to alter things. I meant to say the UN (yes, including Russia, France, Germany, etc).
2. There's a very easy way to have a fair election in Iraq. Have Saddam agree to allow US soldiers to conduct the polls (insuring that the people that they would not be harmed regardless of their vote) and had the proctection of US soldiers at the polls/sanctions.
3. If given the opportunity, ANY Iraqi citizen not party of the ruling socialist party (basically 90+ percent that are in poverty) and given that there would be guarantee no harm done to them no matter what their vote, they'd vote for anybody other than Saddam (any major Kurd/Shiite leader for instance).
4. Under my proposal, the UN would enforce certain laws given another person won the election (other than Saddam). Not only would that person himself change the way the country is run, but basic UN rules attached to this would ensure a lot of the major problems with the country were changed. Not necessarily installing a democracy, but helping the monarchy work better. The citizens would prefer ANYTHING else, they have no choice now. If they vote against Saddam or suggest another way of governing, they're killed...simple as that.
I have a domain that should be up within the next 6 hours dedicated to this issue / proposal. I've formally written up exactly what needs to happen and included a method for people to post their name / location as a way of "signing" the document (basically agreeing with it). My hope is that people will see just how well this would work (in every way), could avoid war, and get Saddam out of office (if he opposed this idea, then the UN I believe, would change their minds about having to militarily liberate Iraq).
My overall goal is to have people here, on AIM / ICQ, and other popular boards to post the URL (iraqsolution.com - should be propagated later tonight) to all of their family, friends, and co-workers. With just that initial small number, local news stations around me would be willing to give the idea some publicity because such a large interest occured in such a short period of time.
From there, only more and more will sign (because it makes sense to everybody, regardless if you're pro-war or anti-war). It's basically the perfect solution that would work out great for everybody. Saddam would get a fair chance to prove if his people would re-elect him or not, and the US gets their chance to prove that they would not. It's a clear cut case, based on numbers.
My goal is to get word of mouth advertising, then local news stations (it'd be great if others could call their local stations and suggest this as a story / highlight in the news cast). From there, it'll grow more and more by word of mouth, hopefully making it to larger news sources such as CNN/ABC/CBS where it can be promoted worldwide. Once it gets to that point, the US Government will most likely take notice (because so many Americans have spoken, together...reagardless of views). At that point, I'd hope they would suggest a propsal like this to the United Nations, which will eventually get passed on to Saddam.
I stayed up all night with a friend working this idea / working / site design / layout / signature system to perfection, and am still doing so. Once the domain becomes active, it'll be up right away. It all has to start somewhere, and this is where that somewhere will be. I'll post here when the full URL / site is up and running later tonight. Hopefully I have many people's support here (and from around the globe, once word spreads) for this idea.