Democracy As a Theater

The leaders in charge sit down. It's Kofi Annan, Allawi, Bush, Blair, Schroeder, Chirac, and Putin. (Any other names that should be included can be added by people who comment--but these people seem to be role players in the electoral process in Iraq right now.) They devise a plan for elections and set a date, Jan 30. Meanwhile, fighting continues. They have to go through with elections. Elections insure a future for Iraq. It creates a precedent that the country can refer to and continue to improve upon. There is a possibility that suicide attacks could prevent the election from completing. But the leaders decide...whatever votes we have we count and we turn over control to that man. Doing so will lead to peace and will allow troops to gradually pull out.

Democracy Theater...The elections weren't ready to go but the show must go on. No compromises even if disaster ensues the region. Universally, a consensus will be met that we go through with the staging of an election to show that democracy can happen in Iraq.

I cannot guess what other leaders are thinking cause they have not played as big of a role as Bush has. But I do think that Bush's ultimate goal at this point is to get our troops back home and I do believe that he is thinking following elections...soldiers are going to be on their way soon.