The Elections Will Make Everything Better

Or maybe not:

Iraq's Sunni Arab and secular parties threatened on Wednesday to boycott the new parliament after alleging massive fraud in last week's election, ramping up pressure on the triumphant Shi'ite Islamists to share power.

Sunni rebels, whose informal truce helped push turnout to 70 percent as insurgents pitched for a voice in the new, full-term legislature, warned they would intensify attacks if the Shi'ite Alliance held on to the lion's share of power.

I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. Was there really any realistic possibility of it turning out any differently?

[That's all, folks]