IRAQ'S FIRST SAUSAGE FACTORY OPENS IN BAGHDAD

As the saying "sorta" goes: "Democracy is like making sausage - it ain't pretty."

And the un-pretty sight of democracy began yesterday in Iraq.

PREDICTABLY, many in the MSM derided this auspicious amd momentous event, and sought ought ways to belittle it:

NYTIMES (in an article titled: "Many Iraqis Losing Hope That Politics Will Yield Real Change":

"... as the national assembly's first brief meeting came and went, broadcast into thousands of Iraqi homes on television, a sampling of street opinion in two Iraqi cities found a widespread dismay and even anger that the elections have not yet translated into a new government. "

What the NYTIMES and the naysayers on the Left want to ignore is the FACT that democracy has never been lauded for its efficiency, but for its morality.

Iraq will UNDOUBTEDLY have many MANY long arduous struggles as they evolve an IRAQI democracy and deal with their many MANY problems. Whether or not they solve their problems soon, or well, is NOT THE ISSUE. The mere fact that they can now confront these problems OPENLY and resolve them DEMOCRATICALLY is the issue, and it's why we can declare TOTAL VICTORY.

The rest is up to the Iraqi people. Because I believe that all humans are created equal and that we are all endowed by the Creator with inalienbale rights, I believe they will succeed every bit as well as we have. Which is to say, not without pitfalls: trains are late; a fix for social security seems politically impossible; federal judges can't get confirmed. But these inefficiencies are a small price to pay for FREEDOM.