Democracy Wins in Afghanistan
To all those troops who fought so valiantly and continue the work in Afghanistan, the course of human history has shifted, and we thank you.
A generation previously disempowered has grasped the reins of national power and voted for the first time. Women previously locked in their homes in ignorance and fear stood in line for hours in the snow to wield their power. Hamid Kharzai’s opposition may dispute the quality of the ink, but no one can dispute the millions who have claimed their right of self determination.
In a region where there is no transition of executive power, the powerful example of the Afghanis is a new paradigm of citizenry. The monarchies, the theocracies, those presidents who run “unopposed” and those who last won an election decades ago have all been weakened by millions of poverty stricken, illiterate people who lined up in defiance of the death threats by the Taliban to vote with ballots that were delivered by mule.
This, President Bush says, is how terrorism will be undermined: with hope, with power, with freedom. America is safer today.
(Crossposted at Deans World.)
UPdate: The idiotic UN didn’t provide enough ink.
UPdate: Revenge
