David Warren: The new wave:
The liberation of Afghanistan from the Taliban was still too little, and too far away, for any Arab to really care. But Iraq is located near the heart of the Arabic-speaking mind, and what happens there cannot be concealed from anybody. Just now, dramatically in Lebanon and Syria, but also in Egypt and elsewhere, the Arab world is monitoring Iraq.
Eight million people defied terrorist intimidation to reach the polls, and the government they elected is now taking power. For the first time since the Europeans checked out of the region, an alternative to Islamism is established. For the first time, a future has become visible to large masses of oppressed people, other than being nailed into the Islamist coffin.
President Bush pulled that off, by force of will, in the face of the world's contrary opinions. I cannot offer him a crisp enough salute.
Via Glenn.
Saturday, February 26, 2005
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