"After all, without sadness and despair where would the Dem's place their focus?"
Actually, for the Democrats, today's vote is an occasion for sadness and despair.
If we really do win in Iraq, they will never quite get over it. Nor will the worldwide organized hard left (WOHL) ever stop trying to undermine Iraqi democracy.
If we succeed in Iraq, Iraq will take a permanent place next to Israel as one of the most hated regimes in the world, unless and until they can topple democracy and replace it with some murderous, torturing dictator.
Because every year of the existence of Iraqi democracy is one more year of blatant proof to the Arab street that everything they have been led to believe is one big Lie. The message will also go out to all the rest of the people in the world. Having a democratic Iraq is like having a 1000-foot tall replica of the Statue of Liberty in the center of the Middle East.
It's actually worse than that.
A successful Iraqi diplomacy means that everything they have believed in since Ghengis Khan decapitated their culture was a lie propagated by theocrats hungry for power.
Ever seen what happens when a 700-year old widely held belief and value system is discovered to be false? It's not going to be pretty.
"Having a democratic Iraq is like having a 1000-foot tall replica of the Statue of Liberty in the center of the Middle East."
I like that visual........BRAVO BUMP