I posted this information on the Cardinal Coalition blog also but wanted to be sure to spread the word far and wide so I'm posting it here as well. You won't find the biased mainstream media showing any of the positive efforts happening in Iraq right now; you'll only see the pictures of the havoc that insurgents are wreaking to discourage the voters.
With the elections in Iraq only six days away now, I wanted to share this opportunity. Have a look at translated Iraqi TV ads that are in full swing up until the historic day of their first elections. These clips are incredible and some are quite moving.
We, as free people, are in an amazing place in history right now. Freedom-loving Americans are cheering the Iraqis on toward their liberty. Watching how a fledgling democracy encourages its citizens to exercise their new-found power of the vote gave me a spiritual lift. I feel so very blessed to be a citizen of a country whose might is focused on helping others reach liberty for themselves. Granted, the world will be safer when more dictators are out of business but there is a spiritual tone to leading the way toward the light of freedom for others.
With the elections in Iraq only six days away now, I wanted to share this opportunity. Have a look at translated Iraqi TV ads that are in full swing up until the historic day of their first elections. These clips are incredible and some are quite moving.
We, as free people, are in an amazing place in history right now. Freedom-loving Americans are cheering the Iraqis on toward their liberty. Watching how a fledgling democracy encourages its citizens to exercise their new-found power of the vote gave me a spiritual lift. I feel so very blessed to be a citizen of a country whose might is focused on helping others reach liberty for themselves. Granted, the world will be safer when more dictators are out of business but there is a spiritual tone to leading the way toward the light of freedom for others.
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My favorite is the clip where Sunnis, Shi'ias and Kurds, each mob flying banners and screaming, come to the three-way intersection and halt. First the Iraqi kids from all sides embrace, followed by the adults. Good God, let it be so.
I have a lot invested in this week's Iraqi elections. I spent seven months over there in 2003 as a uniformed Marine intel operative and translator. I've seen the Iraqi people up close, known their hospitality, heard their gut wrentching stories of oppression, and with ALL MY BEING I want to do right by them.
The upcoming elections MUST succeed. These commercials boost my spirits beyond belief. Thanks Dawn.
All the men and women in the Armed Forces (US and Coalition) have put so much of their own blood, sweat, and tears into this effort, not to mention the sacrifices of the military families who do the same right here on the homefront. For the rest of us who can't be there to serve, we're here to thank Freedom's own warriors and cheer every Iraqi on toward their new future knowing how very important this election is to our War on Terror.
Iraqis, your democratic cousins here in the USA and in the coalition countries are crossing our fingers, saying our prayers, and hoping for the best on your first election day!
Glad to read your Protest Warrior counter-counter-inaugural went well. Time permitting I want to be at the next one. (And not just because my annoying ex-girlfriend is now a member of LPAC.) I just want to see the looks on their faces when they ask, "If you're so into the war, why don't you go over there?" Heh. "I've already been," I'll answer.