Oh My God! What Have We Done!

Putting aside Howard Dean's comments, today and tomorrow's vote in Iraq marks another in a series of great accomplishments of the American mission to free Iraq and spread democracy. But what else has been accomplished in just under 3 years?

-A country that defied the United Nations and thumbed its nose at the rest of the modern world is no longer a threat to the Iraqi people, its neighbors, or the United States.

-A dictator that ran torture chambers, rape rooms, and slaughtered people just for dissent is now standing trial.

-The Iraqi people are participating in their third election - each time rising in number of participants.

-Women are free to have a say in the government and are now experiencing more equality.

-Young girls are being tought in schools.

-Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi policemen, guardsmen, and special forces are taking charge of military operations to route out insurgents that threaten the democracy of the country.

-Uday and Qusay Hussein have been killed.

Today is a great day for the Iraqi people. I am wearing my purple finger as a salute to their struggle to participate in democracy.