Iraqi Elections

The news from Iraq is mostly good. It is truly amazing to see the happy faces despite long lines, the dancing in the street while showing off their inked fingers, the relatively few instances of violence despite the massive threats against the people of Iraq.

The number of dead in Iraq was listed, over and over, as 44.

I just found out that 9 of those deaths were the suicide bombers.

People who murder others should not be listed in the same body counts as innocent victims. It's just wrong to do that.

35 people died while trying to exercise their right to vote. 9 people saved us the trouble of tracking them down to execute them for murder.