But, but, but...

FREEDOM AGENDA

"Love him or hate him President George W. Bush has helped spread more freedom in this world than any leader since Ronald Reagan.

Today, President Bush met with three Kuwaiti women to discuss democracy and development in Kuwait. 7 years ago Kuwaiti women were not even allowed to vote. Today, President Bush met with women who were now able to run for seats in the Kuwaiti Parliament."

I wish I had kept track of them all, but this is only one of the multitude of shifts towards democracy in the Islamic world, both large and small, that followed the invasion of Iraq. In fact, that is one of the main reasons the invasion took place in that country rather than into some other tyrant's sanctuary. The Middle Eastern based company, Tyrants-R-Us, was run by a board of directors known as Arab Nationalist dictators. Getting rid of the "chairman of the board" was the first step. Helping the cowering, suffering, yearning people, who for years had been under his ugly jackboot - FROM WHOSE EXILES AND REFUGEES WE HAD LEARNED AS MUCH - was the next step. The iron grip of the corporation has been broken. May democracy and respect for human rights continue to grow and spread.