Happy Monday

I don't need the WaPo's "But many challenges remain..." analysis template to tell me what happened over the weekend. Nor do I agree with it: the assumption that the insurgency lives or dies based on Sunni participation in the new constitution is spurious, given the number of foreigners in Zarqawi's crews. And incidentally, several parts of the USA "massively rejected" our own Constitution when it was being voted on. Rhode Island didn't join until Washington was a year in office.

No, all I need to know is this bit of info from Iran:

The regime-run web site, BAZTAB, in a report admitted to the regime's political defeat in soliciting the support of the people of Iraq and the region where dozens of Arab-language media, backed by the regime, including Al Alam TV are being broadcast.

Once again, if we haven't won completely yet, they haven't won at all.


Plus, the GOP remembers what it was elected to do! Remind me to thank the guy who indicted DeLay.


UPDATE: Walid Phares thinks the election is a massive victory:

If we divide the number of US soldiers who died in the conflict till October 15, we'd realize that for each fallen hero, 4,500 Iraqi voters were given the right to vote against Terror. In the global conflict with Jihadism, U.S. efforts and sacrifices are triggering greater resources against the empire projected by Ayman Thawahiri and Usama Bin Laden.

The most difficult times may still be ahead in this conflict waged by the Jihadists, but somewhere in the Middle East, some people have spoken against democracy's enemies: and that is one victory.

Read the whole thing.