Iraqis Committed to Elections

80 Percent Say They Are Likely to Vote

Despite all the naysaying by the left, liberals and anti-war types, aided by legacy media such as the BBC, 80% of Iraqi's say they intend to vote.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 -- An overwhelming majority of Iraqis continue to say they intend to vote on Jan. 30 even as insurgents press attacks aimed at rendering the elections a failure, according to a new public opinion survey.

The poll, conducted in late December and early January for the International Republican Institute, found 80 percent of respondents saying they were likely to vote, a rate that has held roughly steady for months.

For some strange reason the left doubted the Iraqis would vote.

Western specialists involved with election preparations said they were struck by the determination and resilience of ordinary Iraqis as they anticipate their country's first free election in half a century.

Contrast how the Washington Post characterize the Iraqi elections as the "first free election in half a century", with The BBC's "Later this month tens of thousands of UK-based Iraqis are expected to vote in the first elections since the fall of Saddam Hussein."

As if the Iraqis had any free elections under Saddam.
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