Two Sides of the Same Coin in Iraq

Side one of the coin: even the NY Times calls the Iraqi elections a success, though demurring to the obvious point that the "hard part" remains.

(Conservatives know that the "hard part" always remains. As Christian conservatives would put it: the world is sinful, we have the gospel, but Jesus hasn't returned yet. Try the following mundane examples in human development: [a] College over, now comes the hard part: working for a living; [b] Wedding over, now comes the hard part: building a marriage; [c] Childbirth over, now comes the hard part, raising a child; [d] Children raised, now comes the hard part: adjusting to empty nest; [e] Employment over, now comes the hard part: managing retirement and aging.)

Side two of the coin: Mrs. SWNID's favorite young conservative pundit Rich Lowry (note at left his uncanny resemblance to SWNID, at least as this blogger looked in the early 90s) details that the Ds are really acting on their principles, tastes and personal fantasies, not facts and reality or even polls, when with delight they label Iraq an American defeat.

Why one coin? All the facts say Iraq, as noted too many times on this blog to link, is going pretty well, thanks much. All the opinion to the contrary, as noted too many times on this blog to link, is based on utopian and pacifist fantasies and nostalgia for Chicago in August 1968.