"I agree great article. You beat me to the post!
Next time freep me and we will toss coins...LOL. I'm hopeful that the Iraqi's will succeed and learn to control their country given enough time. We just have to be persistent and supportive and things will turn out for the best.
You hit the nail on the proverbial head! Democracy denied is democracy desired. We take it for granted here in the west where one of the most cherished rights: our franchise to vote is looked upon as a non-issue. Iraq will live up to it's arab name and in the end the peoples of the ME will recognize that freedom is a very precious and empowering exercise.
Lot's of health in the new yeR.
God bless.