How Exactly "The Surge Is Working, Damnit!"

Our constant intake of what passes for lefty media in AmeriKKKa has let us know that Pres. Bush, besides dodging the softball questions of such notable cowards as the three symps who anchor the night-time network news 'casts, has had his 20%ers out trying to burnish his legacy. We have heard, & will hear again & again, that "we should wait 10 or 15 yrs. & see what the Middle East looks like then."

Good idea? Sure, but why not look at how the Middle East is trending, democracy-wise? (By "Middle East," of course, they mean Iraq, as American influence doesn't go much farther in the region.) It wasn't too long ago that this reporter went to the effort of linking to the Washington Post on current trends in liberty & democracy.

And after further (& arduous) investigative work, we've discovered a short item at the New York Times'

I told her: “You did not live the Islamic experience we lived in during the last five years, there was no freedom, no democracy, and no ambition for women, because Islamic movements do not allow women to work and mix with men.”

Democracy takes root!! Thank you, George Bush. We'll get to work on that statue of you where Hussein's used to be. Check back in 10 or 15! 'Bye!