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10:41 PM - Welcome to democracy, bitch! Seriously, though, I've been quite encouraged by the Iraqi voting roundup. Most of my peacenik liberal friends had hoped (for reasons unbeknownst to me) to keep the warmongering Baathists firmly enthroned in Baghdad, but I doubt whether this remains a live option, even if my comrades in arms are ordered to pull out sooner rather than later. Baathist insurgents' and Islamist terrorists' fondest hopes for an early withdrawl notwithstanding, it would seem that the U.S. is "staying the course" and Iraq is starting to chart its own. Naturally, this raises the question of when the U.S. troops should begin to withdraw in earnest, leaving the Iraqi people to their own devices. Although the answer seems blindingly obvious, I've yet to hear it mentioned in our copious mainstream media coverage of the issue. Here it is - WE LEAVE WHENEVER THE IRAQIS TELL US TO DO SO. Simple, eh? Now that they have decided upon their first federal Constitution (less than perfect, but huge step forward) and their first representative government thereunder, it is rightfully the place of their democratic leadership to tell our troops when to skedaddle. To leave any sooner would be to abdicate our moral responsibility towards the increasingly free and brave people of Iraq who strive against the dual forces of Baathist insurgency and Islamist terrorism. Put simply in terms of mudane cliché - "You break it, you bought it." (
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( Please forgive my vulgarity. If it helps assauge any ruffled feathers, I was just quoting Jon Stewart's asessment of today's Big News... )
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