Iraqi Transition Day
Today Michele has a roundup of Iraqi blogs on this, the day of the transfer of sovereignty to the Iraqi people. I say congratulations to the Iraqis and to this administration, and to the rest of us, with the possible exception of Michael Moore, just because he's the most visible asshat this week.
This is a good thing, and from everything I've seen and heard, the Iraqis are champing at the bit to take charge of their own destiny, which is another good thing. The one thing I’ve never heard expressed is the motivating factor of having potential enemies on the border, namely the Iranians. I would bet that Iraq has no intention of invading Iran, but the history of these two countries is such that were I to be an Iraqi leader, it would motivate me to do this thing right the first time. The Americans will not be around forever as a deterrent. That is not to say there will be no mistakes, or that at first things will be other than a clusterfuck, but the consequences of failure are stark, and it seems that they know that.
