This Must Drive Left Wingers Crazy

The left wing of the political spectrum has continually used the Iraq war as a battering ram against George W. Bush and his policies. The left almost 'cheer-led' defeat of the American forces, hoping to pin it on GWB. But in the face of intense opposition, when many wanted to 'cut and run, GWBush ordered the 'surge' and actually increased the number of American forces. He was committed to seeing this through. Although they are not out of the woods yet, it appears that the strategy has worked. Let's hope and pray that a bad situation has turned and that peace truly takes root there.

"As the interim results from Iraq's provincial elections trickle in it is becoming

obvious the vote has transformed the country and possibly the Middle East.

A new generation of Iraqi politicians appears to be stepping to the forefront, young, secular and rooted in the country - not exiles riding the coattails of a U.S. invasion force.

In a dramatic move away from the sectarian and religious-based politics that traumatized Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, voters appear to have picked Sunni and Shiite secular parties at the expense of their religious competition.

Uncomfortable though it may be for some on the American left to admit, the ‘surge' continues to work, politically and militarily. The moment has come for the Obama administration to acknowledge what those fingers dipped in purple ink truly represent - a triumph for democracy."