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They Iraqi's have more legitimacy because it is their country. And I'm not really talking about damaging in any sense, I suppose I factor that into legitimacy. The fact is that a majority of the Iraqi insurgents are ex-baathists, Saddam loyalists, and mainly sunni. Because of that I don't think they are legitimate, the majority of Iraqi's are Coalition friendly or at least indifferent, and they are at least working to get us out of there.
And the international force is plenty capable of causing instability, they are better at it then the Iraqi's, I just think they are whack because they are trying to impose their ways on Iraq and it's anymore their country then it is ours.
Legitimacy as in, truly representative of the people. Whether 15,000 or 250,000, it is no more then 1% of the population, that is a vast vast minority. The rest of the Iraqi's are participating in their country trying to make it better, or at least not making it worse. THe vast minority is trying to retain power they lost, and can't ge back, it's all for naught for them, or they are not trying to instill their radical beliefs on the Iraqi's. You also have to look at the tactics employed, namely terrorism, that is not a legit tactic, it is cowardly and self defeating, I have a feeling that's why so manyn Iraqi's voted.
Hope that helps some.
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