Monday, March 08, 2004
Well, if you squint, it kinda looks like a quagmire...
After much ado about the Shiite walkout on the Iraq constitution, it appears we have a deal. Link acquired via Andrew Sullivan.
Sully's on the right track here. (I can call him Sully. We're tight like that.) Some folks disagreed with the constitution. They bitched, they moaned, they engaged in political theater. And in the end, we had a constitution. This is not an assault on democracy. This is democracy.
Similar sentiments are stirring in Afghanistan. Anyone remember Miss Afghanistan? Now, obviously, there were Afghanis who were offended by this. This, in itself, is not a huge deal. There are people in the U.S. offended by Miss America. But I read people criticizing her, and I was relieved, because they weren't putting out a hit on her. The previous regime would have been cool with that.
Bottom line, the fact that this faction or that faction is not on board with this element or that element is a good thing. It shows that we can have a this faction and that faction, and a discussion of this element and that element.
They couldn't before.
After much ado about the Shiite walkout on the Iraq constitution, it appears we have a deal. Link acquired via Andrew Sullivan.
Sully's on the right track here. (I can call him Sully. We're tight like that.) Some folks disagreed with the constitution. They bitched, they moaned, they engaged in political theater. And in the end, we had a constitution. This is not an assault on democracy. This is democracy.
Similar sentiments are stirring in Afghanistan. Anyone remember Miss Afghanistan? Now, obviously, there were Afghanis who were offended by this. This, in itself, is not a huge deal. There are people in the U.S. offended by Miss America. But I read people criticizing her, and I was relieved, because they weren't putting out a hit on her. The previous regime would have been cool with that.
Bottom line, the fact that this faction or that faction is not on board with this element or that element is a good thing. It shows that we can have a this faction and that faction, and a discussion of this element and that element.
They couldn't before.
