Yeah, right. Hilarity ensues.
According to Dahr Jamail, who has been operating as an INDEPENDENT journalist in Iraq offered the following:
The elections are viewed as a joke. Most here now believe there is no way they can be held in an honest, transparent and truly democratic way. Most are also too afraid to vote. I’ve heard people say things like, “The Americans won’t even allow a legitimate election in their own country, so why would they want to have one here!”
More:
http://newtopiamagazine.net/content/issue19/features/DahrJamail.php