Progress in Iraq-Progress in the Middle East

Among several other good news stories in Iraq that will not appear in the MSM, oil production is now at 2.2-2.3 million bpd, which is above pre-war levels. According to MEFAFN.com,

Iraq is seeking to hike its oil productivity to more than four million barrels per day by 2010, Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Al-Sharastani said on Thursday.

And that is not all.

Iraq also aspires to be among the top oil producers and seeks to hike the crude output to six million bpd, following development of oil fields, exploring new ones, upgrading the oil sector and building new refineries.

While much work needs to still be done in Iraq, its oil sector is extemely important for its continual development and march towards a strong democracy.

I have said several times before, Iraq is the beacon of democracy in the Middle East. All totalitarian governments/people in this region fear this beacon shining brighter and brighter on a daily basis.

This fact alone is why Al Qaeda made Iraq its central front in the global jihad. This fact alone is why Iran continues to pursue violence in Iraq. Four million bpd of oil production by 2010 is why Al Qaeda will lose the war it started, why Iran will be unable to see its form of the caliphate take shape, and why democracy will strengthen and reign in this region in the years to come.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, those unalienable rights given by the Creator, not man, are what all totalitarian governments fear from a stable Iraq.

One wonders why the Democratic Party also fears a stable, democratic Iraq?