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[somedaybitch]

over 11 million Iraqis vote.

h/t to Instapundit, who has more links and a must-read email from a First Sergeant working in Iraq.

from one of the links.

Did the Bush administration screw up the communication of this fight? Of course it did. Does that make the war any less worth it? Not at all. Watching the results of the election come in, I don’t care what the justifications for the war was. When I look at Iraq as the vanguard of Western values in the Middle-East, that is what is important, not how the dream was sold. When I see increasing security in Israel and dictators throughout the region shaking in terror, I know Iraq was worth it. And so do the US soldiers who volunteered and are re-enlisting at record numbers - to go back and continue the fight. This is their day as much as anyone’s.

Comments

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

"Anyone can find fault if fault is what they are looking for. Just stop a minute though and think of the success. " - Stephen Stewart from Bagdad

This is a journey and no mistake... when we started slavery was the norm and women could not vote... took 60 years and a war to start the end of one, a hundred years to see women as citizens... and still it continues for us in the US. The Iraqi people have taken the first step in a journey. They should be proud...

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

and so should we.

[thevaliumsofalj.livejournal.com]

amen... today is a huge step, especially for the middle east - Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) is one of the cradles of civilization. It took one of the new kids on the block to help them graduate. Inshallah, the rest of the region will keep getting the hint.

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

Inshallah.