President Bush: Hero to Iraqis

Well you know our lefty friends are prone to scoff at ANY good news from Iraq, especially if it makes President Bush look good. His decision to follow-up on the will of Congresss, as expressed through the Iraqi Liberation Act, signed by President Clinton on October 31, 1998, has faced constant obstruction from many of the same Democrats demanding that Clinton remove Saddam.

Let me be clear on what the U.S. objectives are: The United States wants Iraq to rejoin the family of nations as a freedom-loving and law-abiding member. This is in our interest and that of our allies within the region.

The United States favors an Iraq that offers its people freedom at home. I categorically reject arguments that this is unattainable due to Iraq's history or its ethnic or sectarian make-up. Iraqis deserve and desire freedom like everyone else. The United States looks forward to a democratically supported regime that would permit us to enter into a dialogue leading to the reintegration of Iraq into normal international life.

President Clinton, The White House, October 31, 1998

Does that sound familiar?

One man talked about the problem, one man solved the problem.

Who do Iraqis Credit with their freedom?

Ask these Kurdish women in Suleimaniyeh, northern Iraq. As they wait to vote in the October 15 constitutional referendum, they proudly display photos of President Bush and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, taken at a recent White House meeting.

Any soul who expresses a true desire for peace, can be happy that Iraq is now moving from an era of violence, oppression and fear to a new day, where differences are settled through a legitimate political process. Whatever the outcome of the constitutional referendum:

The October election is a victory for peace!

Thanks to Flopping Aces, where I found the photo. He found it at Dr. Sanity. She saw it at Free Thoughts. The orginial is from Getty Images.