http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?id=13578571By Ned Parker in Al-asad airbase (Iraq)
Thursday, 30 September , 2004, 10:27
The US military, which traditionally avoids meddling in politics, is expressing its views about the US presidential race in the one place where a soldier can speak his mind freely: the latrines.
Here, in graffiti, young soldiers wax philosophical -- albeit crudely and with a fondness for four-letter words -- about God, death, President George W. Bush and his democratic rival John Kerry.
And, if one straw poll is to be believed on this gigantic air base in the western Iraqi desert, Kerry is due to rout Bush in the November 2 elections, after the Massachusetts senator picked up 73 votes to 58 on the bathroom wall. Discuss: These Marines are expressing a popular opinion, Kerry will surely topple Bush
However, the vote has come in for criticism amid suspicions Kerry supporters voted more than once due to the identical hashmarks on his side of the column inside the foul, humid brown and green plastic stalls, known as "Port-a-Johns". Wonder whether we will see the Republicans demanding extension of the absentee ballot deadline?