Iraq's Meaningless Election

“Thursday's parliamentary election in Iraq was a landmark event -- for Iraq. It wasn't a landmark event for the Arab or Islamic world. Democratic elections have been taking place from Indonesia to Algeria for years. They just haven't necessarily produced the kind of results the West likes to celebrate. The same may hold true for Iraq. As two previous elections there proved, symbolically monumental showings at the ballot box have little influence over what happens in the streets, what happens to the American occupation, or -- most troublesome for Iraq's future -- what may happen should Americans leave. Voting is putting a good face on an intractable war. It isn't bringing peace.” Read the full editorial in today’s Daytona Beach News-Journal…