October 9, 2004
Novus ordo seclorum
The accepted translation from the Latin is A new order of the ages.
A rather appropriate ageis, I think, for the first democratic election in Afghanistan.
As the United States obsesses over last night's presidential debate, and the incessant wrangling over Iraq, a small miracle has slipped under the mainstream media radar: Afghanis are voting for their first representative government.
While we're talking about it, here's another small miracle the MSM missed: 13 million eligble voters registered, out of 28 million people.
The first corallary of that statement is that -obviously- quite a few women registered.
Since some of the ballots will be transferred from Hindu Kush voting stations via mule, the final result won't be known until late October; but we know who cast the first vote: the young lady -and science student- Moqadasa Sidiq.
Is it too soon to nominate Ms. Sidiq as the 21st Century's new Lady Liberty?