We have met the enemy . . .

Matt McIntosh at WindsofChange.net[*1] has good point[*2] :

We’re in a race to bring the rest of the world up to our level before the bin Ladens of the world can bring us back down to theirs. That was the purpose of Iraq, and no matter how one felt about the wisdom of the Bush administration’s choices (or lack thereof, depending on your point of view), we can all hope that the Iraqis will succeed, insh’allah.