However we feel about the way this war has been sold, conducted, lied about, or the fact that it's happening at all, it's impossible not to be at least a little inspired by the turnout for the election this weekend. Can you imagine if people cared enough about voting here to do it while explosions rocked the city around them?
It's encouraging, but I would hasten to add that this doesn't give George Bush and his flock any more credibility in my eyes. The end result may be a good one, and for the sake of the Iraqi people I hope that it is, but that doesn't excuse the lies or the liars who lied them.
