Sorry, I can't see anything but a positive statement of achievement here. If what this writer says is true, we accomplished our goal.
Where in this article is the acknowledgement that none of this would have happened without America? Look at this sentence:
And when Iraqis did talk of America, it was with a reasonableness and patience that had seemed missing, a willingness to balance good with bad, to give credit where it is due.
For cryin' out loud, these people owe their freedom to us. And most realize that. But the Slimes is trying to dilute that fact.