Jihad-martyrdom suicide killer's mother: "My son was very very religious. He started reciting the Koran when he was 10. He never stopped dreaming of jihad."

How did he come to misunderstand the Book of Peace so severely? Or was he hoping to claim the promise of Paradise given to those who "kill and are killed" for Allah (Qur'an 9:111)?

"Jordanian jihadist lived to die in Syria," from AFP, November 2 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

AFP - The widow and children of Salafist Mahmud Abdelal, who blew himself up in Syria last month, were all ears as his proud but grieving mother described his commitment to jihad....

Four boys and a girl, the oldest only 10, gathered around their mother, Khadijah Tahawi in a humble house in one of the most underprivileged parts of Baqaa, Jordan's largest Palestinian refugee camp north of Amman.

Hind Hassan, 50, pulled herself together as she spoke of Mahmud, one of scores of Jordanian Salafists said to have gone to neighbouring Syria to fight, with at least 13 reportedly killed.

"My son was very very religious. He started reciting the Koran when he was 10. He never stopped dreaming of jihad," Hind told AFP as of one of the children cried.

After graduating from a vocational training centre in Amman, he became a successful mechanic.

"I prevented him so many times from going to the West Bank to fight Israel," Hindi said of her son, 33, who is a Jordanian of Palestinian origin.

And so did the authorities. He was arrested in 2004 and held for a month after he tried to go to the West Bank to fight.

In 2005, he was jailed for two years for plotting to fight US troops in Iraq.

Then, in 2009, he was convicted in absentia of plotting to attack and kidnap intelligence officers in Jordan and sentenced to 25 years in jail.

"He remained on the run after that and visited us secretly. The last time I saw him was in September.

"He told me: 'God is on my side but please pray for me.' He kissed his wife and children and left," said Hind as she burst into tears.

Four days later Mahmud called his mother from Syria.

"He sounded happy over the telephone, but he said: 'If I do not call again, do not worry and keep praying for me.'"

"I missed him and I kept waiting for him to call but he never did. I knew that he was martyred."

On October 12, Mahmud's father Mohammed told Hind someone had called from Syria and that their son had died in a suicide attack on a post of army snipers in Daraa, the cradle of the uprising.

"I was told he blew himself up wearing an explosive belt. I wished to see some of his remains at least. I am happy that God gave him what he wanted and relieved him from injustice in this life," said the woman.

"But at the same time, it broke my heart. I feel sad because I am a mother and he is my son."

Mahmud's widow Khadijah, only 26 years old, said as she wept: "I knew that he would do it. We were so happy together. I miss him a lot."

Salafists, who espouse an austere form of Sunni Islam, call funerals for their number killed in fighting a "martyr's wedding", and exchange congratulations instead of condolences.

"More than 1,000 people attended my son's martyr's wedding," Hind said. "I hope he is happy now that God made his dream come true."

"I think Mahmud was preparing all of us for his martyrdom. We argued about jihad and suicide operations. I begged him to avoid them," Khadijah told AFP, holding her youngest child.

"But he never needed anybody's permission. He always said: 'It is like a little sting, you do not feel it as long as you have faith in God.'

Mahmud's father-in-law is Abed Shehadeh, known as Abu Mohammad Tahawi, one of the top Salafist leaders in Jordan.

Tahawi said more than 250 Jordanian jihadists are now in Syria to fight and that 13 others have been killed there.

One of Mahmud's friends, who asked not to be named, described him as "tall, athletic and well-built. He boxed and did bodybuilding. But at the same time he was very friendly."

"After he joined the Salafist movement, he isolated himself and became less sociable. But he was tolerant to others, including non-Salafists."

Tahawi said he was proud to be fighting the Syrian regime.

"Mahmud was martyred fighting the brutal regime in Syria that has spread fear and death among Sunni Muslims. Fighting this regime makes us rejoice and makes us proud," he told AFP.

"Jihad against the regime of Assad is the duty of every Muslim, because he killed people and violated their honour and destroyed their homes. He is waging a war against the people of Syria."...

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"My son was very very religious. He started reciting the Koran when he was 10. He never stopped dreaming of jihad"

Religious -- Koran -- jihad. At least he was consistent. And his mother, unlike the learned "experts" at innumerable "Islamic Studies" departments in American universities, seems to think they all fit together.
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and,

"... he was tolerant to others, including non-Salafists."

But not very tolerant of the Syrians he blew up.

One morning at breakfast in Amman:
"Hey, Mom! Can I go out and kill Infidels today?"
"No, Junior, not until you finish your camel urine. Don't you want to grow up to be big and ruthless like your Dad?"
"Yes, son, drink up. Then we'll go out and burn down a church."
"Aw, shucks, Dad. not another church. Can't we kill some Jews instead?"
"Listen, son, when I was your age I had to be content with waging jihad against goats. I'm telling you, Aisha, kids today don't appreciate things."

He dreamed of jihad when he was ten, and never stopped dreaming of it? Was he dreaming about fighting or virgins? In the spring of his life, a young mans fancy turns to...sex...According to some study I read, a young healthy boy/man thinks about sex every fifteen minutes...I know that seems like a long time for some of you, and dreaming of it constantly must be some kind of record...Well, maybe his dreams are being fulfilled with the fab 72, and maybe not...According to reports, Allah's Paradise is not all it's pumped up to be...The rivers are polluted and stink, the grapes are rotten, the wine is sour, springs are sticking up on the couches, and all the virgins look like Miss Piggy...If this is Paradise, I wonder what hell looks like?

Martyr's wedding?

Mahmud's widow Khadijah, only 26 years old, said as she wept: "I knew that he would do it. We were so happy together. I miss him a lot."

But now he is with his wives in Paradise and I very much doubt he is missing you. Well, he wouldn't ....however we look at it.

Said his mother: "I was told he blew himself up wearing an explosive belt. I wished to see some of his remains at least." There must be some twist to the translation of this ...she cannot possibly have spoken thus. On the other hand, from what I have seen on TV channels from some Muslim countries it is common fare to see body parts all over the place.

This evil death cult which is Islam even warps the love of a mother for her child. Such a Muslim mother has her heart and mind damaged because the the heinous teachings of this false religion. Such a person is the results or fruits of the false doctrines from its false prophet, Muhammad. It should be noted that the Christ of the Bible did teach "By their fruits ye shall know them." Matthew 7:20. [KJV]
To find out about the love that some Christians have for the Muslim people as well as the reality of the truth about the Bible,the Quran and other things about Islam, Christians have set up an internet site answering-islam.org

Sick stuff. Very Islamic though.

By her own admission she harbored a felon. She should be jailed.

And I am curious, she had 5 children after age 40?

A "martyr's wedding", or a stupid coward, simply trying to evade the "torments of the grave"?

http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2011/08/torments-of-grave.html

Salafists, who espouse an austere form of Sunni Islam...

-- from the AFP report.

There we go again, with this "Salafists" business. I guess we don't have to worry about Islam or Muslims -- just these "Salafists" that don't exist among Muslims, and only exist in the imagination of Western analysts, reporters and observers as a way to deal with the problem of 1.3 billion mass-murderous madmen living in nearly every country on the globe, most of them perceived to be "ethnic" people and therefore off-limits to any serious criticism about their conduct, beliefs or culture. So this "Salafists" meme is calculated to protect Islam and Muslims from our condemnation which is otherwise rationally aroused by the growing mountain ranges of volcanic data from Muslim behavior spewing out all over the world which, if one reasonably connects the dots, would raise serious questions about Muslims in general and their Islam -- but which must be interdicted and neutralized, so to speak, by whittling it down to size, into a TMOE (Tiny Minority of Extremists who are hijacking Islam).

Enough already with this repackaged TMOE!

Although a seeming fruitless quest, after 1400 years, if islam were declared the gang it always has been, and that the "religious" label is the true fraudulent label that it is, she and all muslims would have less excuse, certainly no legitimate religious excuse, to make out they are somehow just fellow religious people, not totally brainwashed sick people.

They are not fellows, they are sick bastard gang members, period, and not until the public calls them on that point, will they be made to become extinct.

No religion, none, ever in history, that is identified with generally good behavior, and with no violent behavior to the masses, is nor has, demanded such abject hatred and violence, to all mankind, and even to its own seemingly lesser correct members, as does the simple gang of islam.

It is the only group existing yet, who demands pure negative behavior, and has not even one redeeming virtue, unless setting up men as absolute dictators, over women, and judge and jury of life itself, and the duty and excuse to lie and sneak, freely, is a "virtue"!

There is no tenderness and love in the gang, just sick love, disturbed love, and overwhelming hatred and uncontrolled rage against all that is good upon the earth and history. It is the required code of the trilogy of the manuals of the gang of islam.

"And I am curious, she had 5 children after age 40?"

No. Hind Hassan is the mother of killer Abdelal. She's 50.
His widow, Khadijah Tahawi, age 26, is the one with 5 children. The oldest is 10, so she married at 15 or younger, and had her first child at 16.

No love. I wholeheartedly agree with that assessment. I remember being struck with that realization after finishing the glorious Quran. I couldn't recall anything about love for your neighbor or Allah's love for mankind. Oh, there was treat other Muslims well and support them with charity sure, but love? What kind of religion worships a God that doesn't even love his creations, but instead only demands submission?

This "martyr" (I wish they would stop co-opting this word and find one of their own. Christian martyrs died ALONE) is a sadly typical case. A seemingly friendly and well-liked person, tall, athletic, well-built, outgoing. Finished trade school and a "successful mechanic", and then all that is destroyed by the call to jihad. Building a good life on this Earth couldn't compete with the feverish drive to punish Allah's enemies and in so doing earn a heavenly orgiastic reward.

And now we're calling the rotten apples "salafists", huh? It's either fundamentalists, Islamics, jihadists, salafists, radicals, or terrorists, but never just plain old perfectly descriptive "Muslims." If these "bad guys" were doing something that goes against the teachings of Islam, I would not say that. But we all know they are just following in Mohammed's footsteps.

I will add, that today it turns out, hussein, the fraud potus, is actually turning to raw hatred, whipping up his audiences now with the admonition “Voting Is The Best REVENGE”

He is actually using the word "REVENGE", now, to flame hatred directly, beyond the effects of vulgarity, utter lack of class, garbage mouth behavior, endless lies, class hatred, etc.

I believe it stems from all the hatred in his earlier years, with criminals, and radical terrorists, etc., and specifically from being a life long muslim, which inculcates and encourgares such type of thought and ideology, as former muslim "convert", Wright continued the raging hatred, for 20 more years of reassuring words of "religious" "guidance" (race and class hatred guidance) for barry hussein.

To bring some memories and proof that he is a muslim, see the ugly disgusting truth, in other's and in his own words:

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/2750/barack-hussein-obama-once-a-muslim-always-a-muslim/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8c8S234klA

This hatred, and similar "revenge", now showing up publicly in hussein speaking at rallies, and jarrett (alleged in Ulsterman, to have just stated,“After we win this election, it’s our turn. Payback time"....) , is all expressed so sadly, disgustingly, typically, as in the so called family, such as it is, of the above wife, Khadijah.

Consider how easy it is when you are a member of a vile brutal gang (imagining you actually have a grossly violent god who demands, and excuses, that you be brutal), whose gang is being "picked on" because it is so brutal to all, and members are so confused that they are mindless, bereft of thinking logic ability.

Unimaginable, but all too real, in this world!

Hmmm. I wonder why these Muslims place such huge emphasis on martyrdom. After all, their greatest moral example is Muhammad, who would never condone dying while killing unbelievers.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2795—Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, “Nobody who dies and finds good from Allah (in the Hereafter) would wish to come back to this world, even if he were given the whole world and whatever is in it, except the martyr who, on seeing the superiority of martyrdom, would like to come back to the world and get killed again (in Allah’s cause).”

Sahih al-Bukhari 2796—Narrated Anas: The Prophet said, “A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah’s cause in the afternoon or in the forenoon is better than all the world and whatever is in it.”

Sahih al-Bukhari 2797—Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet said, . . . “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is! I would love to be martyred in Allah’s Cause and then come back to life and then get martyred, and then come back to life again and then get martyred and then come back to life again and then get martyred.”

Forgot to add, Romney replied to the "REVENGE" speech saying, "VOTE FOR AMERICA"

A positive remark of LOVE of Precious Country and Freedom, not the whole failed regime of hussein's hatred campaign, just like islam, I might add, is hussein.

Exact quotes were:

hussein said, yesterday, in Ohio: "No, no, no. Don't boo. Vote," Obama said. "Vote. Voting is the best revenge."

Romney said, "Vote for revenge?" he said. "Let me tell what you I'd like to tell you. Vote for love of country. It is time that we lead America to a better place."

From no less, http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/nov/3/romney-dont-vote-revenge-vote-love/#ixzz2BBVdOI8P

That is how low into the cesspool of the islam gang's filth, hussein has gone.

It is coming out publicly now, before the final votes are cast, for those who can see through the fog the regime of hussein has cast, upon the most gullible democrats. And I say regime, which clearly includes Axledouche, as in this disgusting quote, of last few hours....

"David Axelrod described the message coming from President Barack Obama, days before Election Day as “coming from his loins.”"

A filthy disgusting inexcusable image, typical of most of the regime....

Gosh I wonder why reciting the quran at 10 years old didn't produce "peace" within this young man? Why did it produce violent thoughts of jihad instead? ...hmmm

It seems that the "religion of peace" isn't so peaceful afterall--whodathunk!

islam is the religion from HELL ...

"there is a way which seemeth right unto man,
but the end therof is death." ~ BIBLE

at least 72 virgin are there for him
m

"No one has hijacked this religion period!It is wicked evil too its core! anyone that believes this religion as being peaceful is a fool and one that islam will devour! "

Every news service or news analyst who uses the term "Salafist" is ipso facto communicating that Islam by itself, and Muslims generally (except for a minority) are not the problem.

Just goes to prove Islam is Satan's plan for Humanity.

Thanks for the sentiments, Wane. And congrats on your wisdom, in this matter.

This has become clearly an election between good and evil, a kind of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and evil" redux.

Fundamentally certain devil's danger of hussein regime vs fundamental safety and success for America, of Romney's administration. To me it is like a searchlight blasting into my mind, so staggeringly clear and overwhelming, from 55 years of adult judgement, to call upon.

No election of just choosing between routine run of the mill fine points of philosophy of decent Americans, no simple Dems vs. Repubs, but far more historically fundamental a decision is involved here.

That decision is simply between one who has repeatedly demonstrated no character, no class, no good management experience, at all on the part of hussein, vs. outstanding character, with class, successfully demonstrated major level successful experience, and honor, of Romney

Only Aaron Burr comes to mind as an individual whose mind was as twisted as badly as this potus and his regime henchmen, and I honestly believe these people are more twisted by far than was Aaron Burr! Just my opinion, people.

When you spend millions of dollars to seal every record of your past that are possible to seal, there is very much wrong, especially when you turn down 5 million dollars to unseal records, very very much wrong!!!

Something very badly wrong with that picture of hussein's paranoia, don't you think? Why, what could be so possibly wrong it must not be seen by the public, by anyone?

Very, very religious muzzlum - very, very dangerous to infidel individual...

May the True God NOT have mercy on his "soul"...

OT, so my apologies, but I'm curious.

You said;

'' ... and have already placed my vote against Obama.''

The election is on November 6th, so how can you have already voted ?

Wane R, I agree some with what you said here, but even with all that regarding Trump, there exists in the devils brew of "...the economy,Bengazi gate and the rest of Obama,s screw ups!"... the serious matter, of his sealed records, which do speak of serious trouble for him, along with his upbringing on the knee of anti colonialism, radicals, communists, terrorists and socialists and criminals, coaching him all the way up, and then the final deal of the Saudi king's family financing him at least in Harvard.

His behavior and record in past 4 years is absurd and appalling, and many allege or suspect criminal, in at least part. And much needs vetting by independent Congressional oversight committee, such as today announcement: "Senators Call for Select Committee", on Benghazigate, which may well lead to much more.... to determine how and if criminal acts are involved.

Many books have been appropriately written on his behaviors, and many people are coming out of the woodwork as whistleblowers, on serious but partial points, so far. More may be to come. I don't get sidetracked by Trump, he merely points up one serious laser like fact, (and you do not ever spend over 2 million to keep records from public, unless bad is in the record). Many others, probably more serious, are to be revealed, by many players.

Happening now, are: Nearly 500 former military admirals and generals are poised to endorse Mitt Romney, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Now, he and his people, reveal himself and themselves as a vulger, bitter, crass, uncultivated, uncivil, hateful, low life, for all to see. No potus there, none. No leader, no uplifting positive speaking ability, but a heavy dose of the hate that goes with 'voting for revenge', to what, for what?

A truism to keep in mind, is this:

"So many of us profess to be smart, educated, knowledgeable and wise and yet we are taken in virtually every day by scoundrels and traitors that walk the halls of government and talk out of both sides of their mouths about freedom, liberty and the American way. When we discover their treachery or corruption, our mouths drop in disbelief. We cry, “How can this be? Are not those that represent us honorable men?” After a brief moment of registering our disgust and disdain with politics as usual, we return to “Dancing With The Stars” or the “Wide World of Wrestling”, while the politicians return to treachery and corruption, no longer anxious that the people might actually rise up and challenge them. The politicians have nothing to fear when the people are paper tigers. But if we know all this is being inflicted upon us and we do nothing, then we are the cowards, not the politicians, not the judges and not the bureaucrats and we deserve what we get."
From: http://www.federalobserver.com/2012/11/03/they-came-after-us-like-cowards-in-the-night/#more-18077

FYI, and for what the thought is worth...

Jan wrote:

OT, so my apologies, but I'm curious.

You said;

'' ... and have already placed my vote against Obama.''

The election is on November 6th, so how can you have already voted ?
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Jan, most (all?) states in the US have early voting—a few days or a week before election day. Instead of your local polling place, this is usually held at a central location—for instance, the courthouse or city hall.

This is for people who would find it difficult, for whatever reason, to get to their polling place on Tuesday.

My husband typically works at home three days a week, and from the office—way down in San Jose, a long commute from Oakland—twice a week. One of those days is Tuesday.

Now, he could—by law—take time off from work to vote, or he could vote by absentee ballot. This is the method that military servicepeople, Americans living abroad, and many of the elderly or disabled use. But many of these ballots are not counted until after the election, and only come into play if the election is close. I believe the deadline for the registrar to receive absentee ballots was Saturday.

My husband knew Tuesday was going to be a busy day at work. So, he voted at the Alameda County Courthouse on Friday.

I'll be voting at my local polling place on Tuesday. I actually rather like the ritual of voting with my neighbors on election day.

Thanks for that informative reply, gravenimage. I didn't realise it was possible to do this in the US.

We ( in the UK ) now have postal votes, and votes by proxy, but as far as I'm aware, one can only vote **before** polling day if one has a postal vote.

You say:

''Now, he could—by law—take time off from work to vote, or he could vote by absentee ballot. This is the method that military servicepeople, Americans living abroad, and many of the elderly or disabled use. **But many of these ballots are not counted until after the election, and only come into play if the election is close.** ( my emphasis, Jan ) I believe the deadline for the registrar to receive absentee ballots was Saturday''

!!?? I have to say I think **that's** terribly unfair, and liable to abuse. ( As is voting by post, and by proxy, of course.)

Yes, that *is* odd, about postal votes in the US.

And also, as an Australian, I am struck by the fact that in both the UK and the US voting seems to take place on weekdays, working days.

Here in Australia, voting -whether in local Council elections, State elections, or the Federal election - *always* takes place on a Saturday.

The booths open nice and early, and stay open till about 6 pm, to allow for those who are working weekends, to get in and vote either before or after they turn up to work. (And since church halls and school halls are favoured locations for polling booths, church groups and P & Cs tend to treat this as a fund-raising opportunity, by setting up a stall near the entrance to sell coffee and tea and cakes and other treats to hungry voters; once you've voted, you can go check out the cake stall... !).

And as for postal votes, like in the UK those are supposed to sent in early, and if I recall correctly, are opened and counted on election day, along with everyone else's; I think there may be allowance made for any that come in late. *Every* vote counts. In Australia, of course, we have compulsory voting for all citizens over 18: once one is over 18 and is of sound mind (i.e. not suffering from Downs Syndrome or Huntingdon's disease or advanced Alzheimer's or some other such faculty-destroying condition) and a citizen, one must vote...or cop a fine.

I can only *imagine* just how pzzed off any Aussie postal voter would be, at the thought of his or her vote *not* being counted at all!

Jan wrote:

''Now, he could—by law—take time off from work to vote, or he could vote by absentee ballot. This is the method that military servicepeople, Americans living abroad, and many of the elderly or disabled use. **But many of these ballots are not counted until after the election, and only come into play if the election is close.** ( my emphasis, Jan ) I believe the deadline for the registrar to receive absentee ballots was Saturday''

!!?? I have to say I think **that's** terribly unfair, and liable to abuse. ( As is voting by post, and by proxy, of course.)
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I'm sorry, Jan—I could have phrased that better.

Of course everyone's vote is counted—it's just that absentee ballots, by their very nature, take longer to tally. If some candidate or initiative wins—or loses—by a landslide, then the results may be announced before all the absentee votes are counted, if it is statistically clear that there is an obvious winner. (Results are announced before the count is final, with mention made of the percentage of precincts reporting).

So, it's mostly psychological. All the votes *are* counted, eventually.

And in the case of close races, it can of course come down to the very last vote, whatever method is used.

Incidentally, while early votes are tallied right away (except in the case of absentee ballots), no election results can be released before election day itself—in many places, not until the polls close.

By the way, I worked for the registrar for several elections a few years ago (the pay is nominal—really, it's more like volunteering). This was when we were still using punch cards, and I was one one of the few people my friends knew who understood what a "hanging chad" was all about...

And one state—Oregon, where one of my brothers lives—has gone entirely to vote-by-mail. That's because, with the exception of the city of Portland and a few medium-sized towns like Medford, Oregon's population is pretty rural and spread out, and setting up polling places—and making sure everyone could get to them—was a real headache.

Of course, one problem with vote-by-mail is that this is no longer a secret ballot. Not that this makes much difference to most of the vote-counters, of course, but still...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote-by-mail_in_Oregon

I could see a few other states—Alaska, perhaps, and for the same reasons—go to vote-by-mail, but I doubt we'll see that in states with more concentrated populations—at least, not anytime soon.

Dumbledore's Army wrote:

Yes, that *is* odd, about postal votes in the US.

And also, as an Australian, I am struck by the fact that in both the UK and the US voting seems to take place on weekdays, working days.

Here in Australia, voting -whether in local Council elections, State elections, or the Federal election - *always* takes place on a Saturday.
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Hi, DDA. The idea of voting on Tuesdays is because Tuesday is statistically the day of the week when fewest Americans have other things going on—business meetings, day trips, going out for dinner and a movie, etc—so there are fewer goings-on to compete with one's going to the polls.

The times of year are picked for the same reason—early November is after Hallowe'en and daylight savings time, but before things get crazy for the holidays, and before winter weather sets in in most of the country.

Of course, this doesn't *always* work—there have been several cases of early blizzards blowing in and wrecking havoc in parts of the country. (For instance, I hope that the Northeast has dug out enough from Hurricane Sandy for most people to vote...)

There *have* been some calls to switch election day to Saturdays—we'll see. But as it stands now, employers by law have to give any employee up to four hours off—half the day, for most workers—to vote. And, as I noted, anyone can vote absentee or early if Tuesday just won't work for them.

More:

And as for postal votes, like in the UK those are supposed to sent in early, and if I recall correctly, are opened and counted on election day, along with everyone else's; I think there may be allowance made for any that come in late. *Every* vote counts.
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As I said to Jan, I assure you that's *absolutely* the case here, as well. Poor phrasing on my part.

It's like pundits saying that the whole presidential comes down to, say, Ohio housewives. Of course, this is not true. It just means that you can usually be sure that certain states will overwhelmingly vote Democrat, and other states will reliably vote Republican, which leaves certain "battleground states" and populations. But elections have surprised people in the past, and the individual vote *is* important. (I'm not going to go into the whole electoral college thing here—this is already complex enough...)

More:

In Australia, of course, we have compulsory voting for all citizens over 18: once one is over 18 and is of sound mind (i.e. not suffering from Downs Syndrome or Huntingdon's disease or advanced Alzheimer's or some other such faculty-destroying condition) and a citizen, one must vote...or cop a fine.
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Americans are an independent bunch—if they *had* to vote, they would probably stay away from the polls in droves—unless there was a proposition on the ballot to repeal compulsory voting!

Of course, I like to see a good turnout, and have registered people to vote in the past.

And as important as voting is that you have an *informed electorate*—which, alas, is not always something you can count on. I've got my fingers crossed for tomorrow...

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