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January 30, 2005

Iraq Speaks

And, apparently, louder than expected:

The Independent Election Commission of Iraq clarified an earlier estimate of a 72 percent turnout in Sunday's election, saying that the "figures are only very rough, word-of-mouth estimates gathered informally from the field."

"It will take some time for the IECI to issue accurate figures on turnout," the statement said. "What is certainly the case is that turnout has exceeded expectations throughout the country."

A higher-than-expected turnout, and a series of - comparatively - impotent attacks by the insurgents, create another victory for the people of Iraq.

Update: Oddly, left-wing blathering anti-war chuckleheads such as Oliver Willis and Atrios are silent on the success. I suppose they're too busy choking on the vomit of their entrenched ideologies to even be happy that something went right (after all: ChimpyMcBushSmirkySmirk!).

Update 2: Speaking of the left, Jeff Goldstein was a bit more verbose.