Mohammed of Iraq the Model has a terrific post on how democracy in Iraq is making the neighboring despots quake in their boots.
I wish you were here with me in Iraq to see the real change in people's thinking and more exciting is how fast this change is taking place. They're talking now about the future, about building, about hope. The old, sick regime has become history, and we should quickly get rid of its residues to catch up with the advanced, free world.
It's become clear to everyone what bad role these dictatorships are playing to delay and interrupt the change here. Having their countries infected with democracy is their worst nightmare, and they'll never save an effort to delay that infection, just to delay it, and nothing more.
They know well that the (story) is not over yet, and there's still a missing chapter until all people are freed from tyranny, oppression and blind fanaticism.
They do not want their oppressed people to see a bright model in Iraq. That's what they fear.
This model must be disfigured, and let the media work hard to report every single tiny mistake in this experiment and forget about all the good results that were achieved.
The neighboring nations' people should prefer to stay under the whip of their jailors and must not look forward to something like what Iraq is becoming.
That's what those dictators are saying to their people "look, do you see what happened to Iraqis after their leadership was toppled? Do you wish the same for yourselves?..so be satisfied with your existing leadership. We're the best you can have"�.
It's just a matter of time until it becomes clear to everyone that what happened in Iraq was for the good of the whole world, not only for Iraqis. The case here is not a pink dream. It is a conviction that the right, the fair and the logical will win in the end.
I salute all the brave men and women who took upon themselves to bear all the risks and stand at the frontline to defend freedom.