Wednesday, December 21, 2005

From Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy To The Islamic Republic Of Iraq

"Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy!

Who can forget those famous words of a just
liberated Iraqi Man which echoed around the
world.

Sadly, Democracy, Whisky, and Sexy in Iraq has been replaced by:

~ Islamist

~ Shi'ite Fundamentalists Will Shoot You If You Sell Whisky

~ And Sexy Ran off to Syria, where there aren't Fundamentalist Death Squads, with a nasty habit of leaving women's bodies crumpled on the streets of Southern Iraq.

So, how did Iraq turn into Route 666: The Highway To Islamist Horrors?

The Best Political Analyst in the Iraqi and Kurdish Blogosphere is Nibras Kazini of the Talisman Gate blog. Kazini is a visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institute in Washington, writes a Weekly Column on the Middle East for the New York Sun, and is working on a History of the Middle East.

Nibras brings us an Insider's View of Iraqi Politics after having worked for Armand Chalabi for seven years and being close friends with another prominent Iraqi politican Mithal Al-Alusi.

Kazimi is especially hard on the Shia and their Electoral Choices in this election: "
IBC Mister Ghost

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