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Monday, December 20, 2004AOL is running their usual weekend "Omigod! Look how bad things are in Iraq!" story. Here's the TurkeyBlog's take from two weeks ago when we had roughly the same breathless headlines.Brief summary: I'm concerned, of course, about the violence. Feel bad for those affected. But still, this insurgency isn't really going anywhere because it has no positive agenda. The insurgents have demonstrated yet again their ability to massacre Iraqis. They haven't given any indication that they could govern them, even as despots, much less ameliorate their circumstances. The sooner elections are held, the better, so that the Iraqi government can act on the authority of that part of society that believes in or is at least willing to play along with the idea of self-government. If the Sunni heartland isn't ready, too damn bad for them. They don't seem to want democracy at the moment, and don't deserve to have everyone else bust their butts to give it to them. Let 'em spend a few years in the wilderness so that the law-abiding, ordinary citizenry have a good reminder both of how much of a damn the insurgency really gives for them and the costs of playing it cool with the thugs when Americans, Brits, Aussies and others, including fellow Iraqis, are risking life and limb to bring them a stabler place to live. 
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