[Miss Marple]

Hmmmm. I am unfamiliar with this guy...was he truly anti-war? If so, a very important column.

[xp38]

Freedom isn't free and isn't brought about by committee meetings.

[RAY]

Some people, even the media and academia elite - who all should know better, are really very sallow!

[PilloryHillary]

"If it turns out Bush was right all along, this is going to require some serious penance. Maybe I'd have to vote Republican in 2008."

Coming from a liberal....WOW. Freedom is on the march!

[Bahbah]

At least this man's brain is still operating. That's something.

[marvlus]

Don't trust him. He's not going to change on the outcome of an Iraqi election. It just isn't possible. Watch him and others like him carefully.

[Paloma_55]

But on Sunday, we caught a glimpse of the flip side. We could finally see signs that a majority of the Iraqi people perceive something to be gained from this brave new world we are forcing on them.

Forcing on them? I love the perspective. Freedom is something you force on people.... amazing. We forced them to stop getting their tongues ripped out by Saddam... We forced them not to be gassed... We forced them to elect their own leaders... Force. Merciless, aren't we?!??

[NewCenturions]

Bump

[carumba]

Dietary habits of the red yapper.

[marty60]

saw the rabble that celebrated the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue<p. don't you just love it when the lefties slip. Calling the victims of Saddamn's DICTATORSHIP ....rabble.<p. elitist PIG.

[DCPatriot]

Reads to me like he is auditioning for a job with the Washington Times or FOXNEWS.

[xzins]

Instead of making the elections a further expression of "Yankee Go Home," their participation gave us hope that all those soldiers haven't died in vain.

Finally, an admission that they haven't been "supporting the troops."

If you tell a soldier that his death is just so much cannon fodder designed to gratify the urges of corrupt politicians, BEFORE you have near absolute proof of the same, then you are undermining the morale of the soldier, his family, and his nation.

After this election our soldiers know for sure....the lives lost were given for a noble purpose. It's never good to lose a loved one. But if one can extract some meaning from it, it does eventually provide some bit of comfort to their family.

[cyncooper]

But on Sunday, we caught a glimpse of the flip side. We could finally see signs that a majority of the Iraqi people perceive something to be gained from this brave new world we are forcing on them.

Of course the signs were there from the minute we entered Iraq, but I am impressed that this man is willing to reconsider what clearly has been a well entrenched attitude.

[Allegra]

What if it turns out Bush was right, and we were wrong?

GASP! You mean....you guys might have been wrong??

Say it ain't so!

[Samwise]

If it turns out Bush was right all along, this is going to require some serious penance. Maybe I'd have to vote Republican in 2008.

I wish I could see the looks on the faces of Hillary, Kerry, and Dean when they read this.

[hemogoblin]

>Somebody still has to find a way to bring the Sunnis into the political process ...

Hmm, how about the Sunnis doing that?

[Jackknife]

You have to read this one.

[gridlock]

And if you were with the president from the start, I've already got your blood boiling.

Not at all, Mark. Welcome to the party. Better late than never. Eventually people are going to have to come around and see the reality of the advancement of Iraq. Mark is early on that trend.

Going to war still sent so many terrible messages to the world.

But he still clings to this old nugget. The message we sent is that corrupt dictators cannot thumb their noses at the Civilized World and support terrorists, and that there will be consequences to lawless behaviour. Why is this a terrible message to send?

[Timm]

God, what an idiot. Gee, after seeing them ON TELEVISION it occurs to this guy that Iraqi elections might actually be something worthwhile. And he figures this "change in opinion" is important enough to share with the whole world in a Chi Sun Times column.

[Mo1]

But after watching Sunday's election in Iraq and seeing the first clear sign that freedom really may mean something to the Iraqi people, you have to be asking yourself: What if it turns out Bush was right, and we were wrong?

Hmmm ... lets think about this

The Iraqis could either be led to freedom with the help of not only Americans ... but 30+ other countries ?(aka International Support)

Or they could be led to the torture chambers and shredders with the help of Saddam and his two murdering sons?

I have a question ... Do Liberals every think?