Ali & Mohammed, the Iraqi bloggers from Iraq the Model, have decided to throw their hats into the ring and run for the Iraqi National Assembly.

For sometime we thought that we can help by doing our jobs and by posting our opinions here on the blog, and while we still think it does help, the battle against tyranny and fanaticism in our country demands more than that. It demands that each one of us put all the effort he/she can make and take an active stand regardless of how difficult or dangerous it may seem. We simply cannot just stand and watch and we hope that we will encourage others also to do their best in order to achieve our freedom and establish democracy in a country that suffered more than enough from wars, dictators, terrorists and fanatics. We believe that democracy is the only cure to all those diseases and the only answers to all threats. As hard the battle seems now and as far victory may look, we believe in our people and we believe in our friends and we know we will win.

Ali & Mohammed clearly see the threat that both Iraq and the Arab world face: despotism and the rise of Islamofascism. And they know the cure: freedom and democracy. For those that believe the Arab world is doomed to fail and is unable to enter the free world, look no further than Ali & Mohammed. They understand and are willing to sacrifce their very safety to run for elected office. They are the future or Iraq.

Best of luck to you, Ali & Mohammed. The Iraqi people would be well represented by your service, and the American people would have no greater friends in the Iraqi National Congress.

Update:

If you wish to help Ali and Mohammed, they accept donations at their party's website (there is a PayPal on the site). The also list other ways you can assist. The party is wonderfully named the Iraq Pro-Democracy Party. Lend them a hand in any way you can.