VE Day, VJ Day, and the Super Bowl all wrapped up into one
Life is full of many hurdles and setbacks, but every now and then there are surpassingly sweet moments of victory when the world briefly stops. They must be savored to the fullest. Let’s join Mohammed and Omar:
We would love to share what we did this morning with the whole world, we can’t describe the feelings we’ve been through but we’ll try to share as much as we can with you. We woke up this morning one hour before the alarm clock was supposed to ring. As a matter of fact, we barely slept at all last night out of excitement and anxiety.
The first thing we saw this morning on our way to the voting center was a convoy of the Iraqi army vehicles patrolling the street, the soldiers were cheering the people marching towards their voting centers then one of the soldiers chanted “vote for Allawi” less than a hundred meters, the convoy stopped and the captain in charge yelled at the soldier who did that and said: “You’re a member of the military institution and you have absolutely no right to support any political entity or interfere with the people’s choice. This is Iraq’s army, not Allawi’s”. This was a good sign indeed and the young officer’s statement was met by applause from the people on the street….
We had all kinds of feelings in our minds while we were on our way to the ballot box except one feeling that never came to us, that was fear. We could smell pride in the atmosphere this morning; everyone we saw was holding up his blue tipped finger with broad smiles on the faces while walking out of the center. I couldn’t think of a scene more beautiful than that.
Neither can I (HT: Lucianne).