Iraq's election is rekindling a bitter debate in this country over George W. Bush.
"Bush was right," Toronto Star columnist Richard Gwyn wrote following the Sunday vote in which millions of Iraqis came out to cast ballots.In the Globe and Mail, commentator Marcus Gee called the vote a triumph for the U.S. president, while National Post columnist and former White House speechwriter David Frum wrote the election turnout proves that most Iraqis have endorsed Bush's rationale for invading their country in the first place.
From the other side, Bush's critics are shooting back. This newspaper's Antonia Zerbisias noted that during the Vietnam War, the U.S.-backed Saigon government also enjoyed large election turnouts.
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Meanwhile, they'll both keep looking up to the all-powerful USA of their dreams, in awe of American intelligence, majesty and ability to control every aspect of everyone's life on the planet - and they'll keep wishing they had such power...