Iraq election and the problem of IranPolling has just finished in Iraq as I write this piece, and a massive voter turnout appears to have occurred. Despite all the murder, all the intimidation, all the foreign raiders and cut-throats, Iraqi men and women in large numbers have shown a rare courage to claim their right to vote.We have never had to take such risks, for the English earlier on had fought their battles among themselves to gain the franchise and to establish the democracy and the rule …
