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Sunday, October 03, 2004

Good Observation Department

Never read Grasshoppa before, but this was the first (most recent) post I saw. Pretty sharp, I'd say.

King Abdullah may in fact be right, but there's definitely something offputting about being lectured on the validity of elections from a leader of a country that has never had a free election.

(Jordan's King Abdullah this week said that there was too much confusion in Iraq for elections to take place.)

Posted by Hoots at 7:43 PM  

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