All you conservatives out there, keep saying, “democracy, freedom, democracy, freedom …”

I’m happy to announce, as can be seen from the below news item, that democracy is still advancing rapidly in Iraq. But, my gosh, what am I saying? Democracy is not advancing in Iraq. Democracy has already arrived, democracy has triumphed, Iraq is now a democracy. After all, they had an election, didn’t they? So Iraqis are now experiencing the exhilaration of freedom. What more do we need to know?

You got a problem with that, pal?

Car Bomb Kills 17 Outside Iraqi Hospital
Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq—A car bomb exploded in front of a hospital in a mostly Shiite town south of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 17 and wounding 21, police and hospital officials said, a day after 23 were killed in two attacks aimed at the Shiite community.

A police captain who refused to give his name said the Saturday blast occurred in front of the main hospital in Musayyib, 35 miles south of the capital in a religiously mixed area that’s been the scene of frequent attacks by Sunni Muslim insurgents.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at February 13, 2005 01:56 AM | Send