Yesterday was the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. There were a lot of things we miscalculated going into that war and a lot of mistakes made in those seven years, but Iraq has voted as a democracy more than once since the beginning of that war.
Yesterday CNSNews posted an article about the forgotten anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war.
The article points out:
"The White House made no comment Friday on the anniversary of the start of the war. The U.S. military said there were no ceremonies or special events to mark the day, which saw five Iraqis - but no Americans - die in violent incidents."
Meanwhile, on Monday, March 15, CNSNews reported that the preliminary results of the recent Iraqi election showed that the political parties that support Iran seem to be weakening. I hope this is an indication of things to come. The biggest danger in telegraphing our plans to leave Iraq on a specified date is that the pro-Iran forces in that country can simply wait us out and then take over the country. Meanwhile, Iraq is having elections and beginning to function as a democracy. Remember, we did not get everying 100 percent right at the beginning of our own country--we didn't deal with slavery, women were not allowed to vote, and there were other things the founding fathers avoided addressing in order to preserve unity within their new union. We need to remember that as we watch Iraq grow into a democracy.
Meanwhile, thank you to all of our military who made the beginnings of democracy in Iraq possible.
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