Even if you did not support the war, feel that the reconstruction was handled poorly, and overall oppose this American administration, we should all be excited about the elections in Iraq. I took joy in the fact that voter turnout was high. I loved the images on the news yesterday. Democracy is a beautiful thing to watch.

So I will congratulate this administration when it gets something right (even if they went about it the wrong way). But the real congratulations go to the Iraqi people. May they have a better future than the past they have had and may they forgive us for what we've done wrong.