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:: MAX BLACK ::

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 ::

"The successful staging of the elections marked a turning point - at least for the training effort. Political optimism faded with the subsequent deadlocks over the constitution, but 'we never lost momentum on the security front,' Petraeus told me. During the elections more than 130,000 Iraqi troops guarded more than 5,700 polling stations; there were some attacks, but the elections went forward. "We have transitioned six or seven bases to Iraqi control," he continued, listing a variety of other duties Iraqi forces had assumed. 'The enemy recognizes that if Iraqi security forces ever really get traction, they are in trouble. So all of this is done in the most challenging environment imaginable.'"

Quagmire my ass. The Democrats are willfully undermining what may be the biggest political seachange in a lifetime for the people of the Middle East. The Bush Doctrine is really rather simple; return the power to the people and the tyranical regimes that now have an iron fist on the region will fall from their own weight.

You have a choice; go with the Liberals who condescendingly harp "those people" are not ready for democracy - or - George W. Bush who believes they are. I'm putting my money on Bush and the good people of Iraq who grasp the significance of freedom and Democracy.

:: Max 11:36 PM [+] ::
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