At least Canadian broadcasters have the grace to use the word 'apparently' before they talk about the number of voters in Iraq.

Then they interviewed an Iraqi (about 40 years old) who was waiting in line for gasoline. They asked him if he had voted. He laughed and said, "Yes, but I'm not sure who I voted for!" He went on to say he didn't really care who won as long as they could get the economy rolling again.

Another Iraqi said whoever wins had better tell the U.S. to get out. He said that after that, he'd give the new govt. one year to restore electricity and pipelines. If there wasn't a turn around in one year, he said he would be ready to join the insurgents.

I marvelled at how much they seemed just like most folks. Basically, they didn't care who was in power (this time) they just wanted to get on with life.