Iraq has been a big gamble for President Bush, and by extension, the United States.
This week, it looked like that gamble had paid off, and paid off well.
But I ask you, was it every really a gamble to bet on Democracy? Are there any people in the world, who given a choice, would choose not to be in charge of their own life? Betting on Democracy is a pretty safe bet.
You know the pundits were surprised in El Salvador in ‘89, in Afghanistan in ‘04, and in Iraq in ‘05. I wasn’t. I was worried that there might be lots of attacks in Iraq, so I worried about people being being hurt. On balance though, the election on Sunday, while more dangerous then in Afghanistan, was safer then the El Salvador election.
President Bush has transformed the Middle East. It took balls, but as the head of the Arab League said yesterday on NPR: “The time for Dictators and Fools is past”.
Democracy, Sexy, Whiskey!
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