More Perspective on Iraq

Here's a nice piece by Victor Davis Hanson. It provides some balance and persective on the situation in Iraq.

Here's a pull quote:

Are the efforts of Middle East reformers stronger or weaker after the invasion of Iraq? Critics have claimed that the idea of promoting political reform is now dead and buried. But most would still concede that there is some mood for optimism about Libya in a way not true in 2002. Lebanon is free of Syrian troops and the democracy is fighting for its life against serial Syrian-sponsored assassinations. There is thawing in Pakistan, and perhaps the reemergence of a democratic alternative to either military rule or Islamic theocracy. The Sunni monarchies, once furious over our promotion of democratic reformers, now in fear of Iran and their own Shiite minorities, are growing closer to, not more distant from, the United States.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mjg0Yjg0MDAyMzA3YjBjN2Y1YjllNTliMTliMzQwMzQ=