Iraqi Voters Eager for Democracy!

From Through the Looking Glass: Iraqi voters line up outside a polling site in Barwana, Iraq, on Dec. 15, 2005. Iraqi citizens are voting to elect Iraq's first free, permanent parliamentary government.
DoD photo by Sgt. James P. Aguilar, U.S. Marine Corps.

Iraqi voters could teach Americans a thing or two about democracy. If we had lines at polling stations half as long as the one shown above there would be riots (well, not at mostly Republican precincts where manners and civility would prevail).

The more we learn about this miracle of freedom in Iraq the more impressive it is. Current estimates are that 11 million voters participated. That's 70% of those eligible. I don't think we have EVER had that high a turnout for an American presidential election.

Violence too was remarkably low with Iraqis taking the lead in providing for their own security.

A momentous achievement for a people with no history of democracy.