Zarqawi's response to the election has now put him on the wrong side of three great moral divides
A Defeat for the Forces of Fear
David Frum/AEI Original Article
After Monday's euphoric response to Iraq's elections, today will be a day for caveats. You'll hear it said that elections are not the same as democracy, that many troubles lie ahead, that the insurgency remains alive and deadly. And all this is, of course, true. But it is also true that the Iraq election is a transforming event, not just for Iraq but for the whole Muslim Middle East--an event so transforming that even now we have not yet absorbed its full importance.
David Frum/AEI Original Article
After Monday's euphoric response to Iraq's elections, today will be a day for caveats. You'll hear it said that elections are not the same as democracy, that many troubles lie ahead, that the insurgency remains alive and deadly. And all this is, of course, true. But it is also true that the Iraq election is a transforming event, not just for Iraq but for the whole Muslim Middle East--an event so transforming that even now we have not yet absorbed its full importance.
posted by Lieutenant Colonel Caveman at Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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