A moving account of Iraqi elections

A “terrifically loudmouthed critic of the Bush administration”, Jeff Simmermon, gives a moving account of the Iraqi elections and concludes that “for the first time in my life, I can say that I was wrong to be compulsively critical of the current administration without seeking my own truth.” He quotes an Iraqi man, three of whose unles were murdered by Saddam as saying "The insurgents and the people fighting the United States are the ones who were favored under Hussein's regime. They had land and houses when nobody else had anything. Now that Saddam is captured, they are fighting violently to cling to what is already gone. They do not represent Iraq. They are the chosen people of an evil, evil man and they have benefited for too long from everyone else's suffering. Older people in Iraq, poor people and the uneducated are confused right now because there is no order and the old ways are gone. But we all are hopeful,and we know that things will get better."