Victory for the US in Iraq: defeat for forces of democracy and elections: the Iraqi puppet council rejects the idea of elections. Why should they stand for elections when most of them know that they will never win (not in Iraq, anyway). The right to stay in power, without electoral legitimacy, is aright defended by US troops in Iraq. This is the new era of democracy and freedom promised by Bush in that famous speech of his when he said: "freedom, free, liberty, freedom, freed, free, liberty, free, freedom." Eloquently put.