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Monday, February 28, 2005
Fruits of Their Labors...
Well, it looks like that horrid little illegal war in Iraq (oh, sorry- channeling a moonbat again) has had some wonderful consequences.
It won't be this month, this year, or maybe even this decade, but... in time, President Bush, his Administration, and the Coallition he put together will be known as the guiding force behind the reforms that will change the landscape of the Middle East and maybe even the entire world.
No, democracy doesn't always work (at least, our brand of democracy), and you can't bring it at the end of a gun. But it is human nature to long to be free. All President Bush had to do was show it could be done, then let nature take its course.
(h/t to BC @ The Rott - thanks for the links and the great post!)
- First, we have protests in Beruit. Yes, Beruit.
"We have nothing to lose anymore. We want freedom or death," says Indra Hage, a young Lebanese Christian. "We're going to stay here, even if soldiers attack us," says Hadi Abi Almouna, a Druze Muslim. "Freedom needs sacrifices, and we are ready to give them."
- Egypt had suddenly decided that democratic reform is a good thing.
A presidential promise of multi-candidate elections - considered unthinkable for decades - was exciting reformists and opposition groups who hailed it as a "new era."
- Syria has started handing over Iraqi insurgents, masterminds, and anyone else they can think of in an effort to get attention away from them as quickly as possible.
"The Syrian authorities, because of the tremendous pressure on them, did something about Ibrahim," a source described as a "senior government official" told Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity in Baghdad.
"Having so many problems on their plate at the moment, the Syrians were willing partners in this, but the Americans and we were also involved."
It won't be this month, this year, or maybe even this decade, but... in time, President Bush, his Administration, and the Coallition he put together will be known as the guiding force behind the reforms that will change the landscape of the Middle East and maybe even the entire world.
No, democracy doesn't always work (at least, our brand of democracy), and you can't bring it at the end of a gun. But it is human nature to long to be free. All President Bush had to do was show it could be done, then let nature take its course.
(h/t to BC @ The Rott - thanks for the links and the great post!)
