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Monday, January 31, 2005

A Blast From The Past Via Daily Kos

U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote :
Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror

by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967: p. 2)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.

According to reports from Saigon, 83 per cent of the 5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong.

The size of the popular vote and the inability of the Vietcong to destroy the election machinery were the two salient facts in a preliminary assessment of the nation election based on the incomplete returns reaching here.


Everyone wants a brighter future for the brave citizens of Iraq. However, the elections yesterday were all sound and fury, ultimately signifying nothing. My prediction is that the inevitable, foregone conclusion is an Ayad Allawi government, viewed with contempt by the vast majority of Iraqis.

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