re: #98 Occasional Reader

Feh.

By the way, the Saddam dictatorship wasn’t overthrown, and a seed of democracy planted in the Arab world, at the cost of 4,000 American lives and thousands more of free Iraqis, to “impress” you.

Did I say “cynic”? I meant “narcissist”.

Then why all the fawning over this? Some of you are acting quite impressed. The thought that these elections are only possible as long as we have a substantial military presence doesn’t mean a thing to some of you? Given how much Arab/Muslim bashing there is on LGF (and deservedly so given how that part of the world non-functions) the proof will be whether peaceful voting can survive our withdrawal. How does feeling less than impressed equate with narcissism? I think it’s rather the opposite — oh look, free elections (with hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops keeping order). That’s narcissism. Looks like some kiddies here are upset that it’s raining on their parade.