Dean has a piece on
YubaNet.com today about Iraq. I take issue with one particular statement:
I support allotting a certain percentage of seats in these elections for the Sunnis. This is the only way to protect at least 20 percent of the seats in the new Iraqi parliament. In the likely case that there will be a much reduced Sunni electoral participation due to various boycotts and the direct threat of violence against both voters and office seekers. Guaranteeing the Sunni seats is also an attempt to prevent what will surely be an understandable temptation for the Shittes to use their electoral majority to enforce what our founding fathers successfully avoided in our own constitution, the "tyranny of the majority."
If we care so much about democracy, how can we suggest for even a minute that a certain number of seats in the Iraqi election be "allotted" to Sunnis? This goes against everything we/I believe about democracy. How hypocritical are we willing to be?
I was an early and strong supporter of Dean's during the primaries, but if this is the route he wants to take the Democrats, I will have to re-assess my feelings about supporting him for DNC chairman.