The Ahistorical Pundits

Many of you may have seen the article, a 1967 piece from the NY Times on the elections in Vietnam, but what is its significance? Here's one view, the Iraq elections are a similar sham, or is it? I agree that the elections are a method to unite the West and install a pliant regime but for me the question is does the Iraqi resistance have the unity and ideology to rally the masses and defeat the illegal occupation?