One Day Left

There is only one day left until the momentus day of Iraqi history that will always be remembered, celebrated, and looked upon with happiness by future generations. It will also be a day that inspires our neighbors to develop their own democracies. I cannot wait, I have been busy the last few days with my own attempts to encourage voting in my neighborhood, I hope that these efforts were put to good use.

Its going to be a very exciting next two days. Today, the country is under a curfew which is aimed at stopping terrorists from carrying out attacks. I hope it will work. It also has the welcome effect of giving people a day to rest, and thereby sit around and talk...about politics. This will hopefully have an inadvertant advantage on the voter turnout. The borders have been shut down too, I hope this will reduce the possibilites of Iran and Syria interfering with our election.

Speaking of turnout, it is going to be higher than expected. The lack of any major terrorist attack in the buildup to the election has encouraged people greatly and made more people confident in voting, and feeling safe from the tentacles of the devilish evildoers who lurk in the shadows.

Its going to be great. Those who doubted the elections will be proven wrong on Monday, and we will have a new concrete direction for our nation. I have no idea who is going to win this round of elections, but I continue to hope and pray that it will be a party that takes Iraq upwards and turns us away from the tumultous past that many of us have grown up in.

I hope all Iraqis living outside of their motherland have taken the steps necessary to be involved in this momentus event. Those of us in Iraq are gathering up our will and are ready and willing to serve our nation. I will be among the first, and I hope to continue my efforts at encouraging people to partake in this miracle.