October 21, 2005

Irrelevance of the Naysayers - And How Democracy is Reforming Islam in Iraq

Have you noticed it? All of a sudden there's a lull in the action. The top issues at the moment incude:

• The Miers nomination
• Efforts by the Dems to use the courts to attack their political opponents, DeLay and Rove

What happened to all the noisy criticism of this administration's policies?

The answer: the Iraqi referendum took place and appears to have passed the constitution. All the claims that Muslims couldn't accept Democracy, and that the constitution would never be able to pass given the different political and religious groups in Iraq, were disproven. The claims that the war in Iraq was not going to accomplish anything useful were disproven.

Everyone can see that the successful introduction of democracy to the Mid-East is an event of historic, global importance. 

Everyone can see that the Iraqi constitution requires freedom of religion, meaning that Islam in Iraq is reforming and leaving behind the parts of the Koran that tell Muslims to kill those of other religions, or to make them second-class citizens. 

It's an achievement of historic importance that makes the world safer for the U.S. -- as well as for many other nations. 

“Air America Dead in D.C.”

From Human Events:

Poor Al and Janeane. You really have to hurt for the Lefty bloviators over at Air America. They're not doing too well in the DC market.

This from today's Style section of the Washington Post:

Air America, the liberal talk network carried on WWRC-AM (1260), went from bad to nonexistent. After WWRC recorded a mere fraction of a rating point in the spring with syndicated shows from the likes of lefty talkers Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo and Stephanie Miller, Arbitron couldn't detect a measurable listenership for the station this time around.

The theory that the Left could buy airtime and attract listeners doesn't appear to be panning out.