Yeah, Right, Whatever

(h/t to Wizbang) For some reason, I can just picture Iraqis humming Twisted Sister as they amble down the street after I read this story:

The Iraqi police have investigated a case in the village of al-Mudhariya, which is just south of Baghdad. The villagers there say that before the election insurgents came and warned them that if they voted in last weekend's election, they would pay.

Now the people of this mixed village of Sunni and Shia Muslims, they ignored the threat and they did turn out to vote.

We understand that last night the insurgents came back to punish the people of al-Mudhariya, but instead of metering out that punishment the villagers fought back and they killed five of the insurgents and wounded eight. They then burnt the insurgents' car. So the people of that village have certainly had enough of the insurgents....

It would appear that people are getting sick of the insurgency. I understand, though, that this is the first report of Iraqis confronting insurgents and actually fighting back in such a way.

But certainly many people here see the insurgency as the work of foreigners who want to turn their country into some sort of Islamic state, like Afghanistan under the Talbian.

And a couple of days ago we spoke to some voters in central Baghdad and every one of them basically said that they'd like the insurgents to stop their bombing and shooting attacks. Some even said they'd voted just to send a message to the insurgents that they would not be frightened any more.

This is awesome! If we (the Coalition forces in country) can just keep things under control for a little while longer, the Iraqis will become more and more emboldened, and then we'll be on our way to a real peace there.

This story, along with all the other stories of bravery and courage surrounding the election in Iraq, and the entire liberation process, show that the critics were wrong (again.) This was never about democracy-at-gunpoint. They're right- that will never work. But, instead, this is about freeing prisoners, liberating the oppressed, and bringing justice to the wicked.

The Iraqis? Yeah. They're gonna be alright.

*walking away, humming... we're not gonna take it! no! we ain't gonna take it! we're not gonna take it ANYMORE!*