Reading the head lines today what struck me was the lack of discussion of violence in Iraq yesterday during the nation wide election. This is the best image we can have of Iraq, much better than the staged pulling down of Hussien's statue when the US troops entered Baghdad. It is also encouraging to hear that there was close to 70% turn out (kind of makes the turn out for US elections look pathetic, maybe we have forgotten what it really means to have the freedoms we take for granted) as well as high participation from the Sunnis.
However, let us not allow this to lull us into a false sense of success and of "mission accomplished." Much remains to be done. US troops should still be expected to manage Iraq's security for many more years...for as long as it takes. What happens next year will go a long way to determine the future for Iraq. Let us hope that the politics of Mid-term elections does not cloud our decisions for Iraq
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