Well, in the wake of Victory in Iraq day, we turn to what's next. As you might expect, and as I've referenced before. William Safire paints a very hopeful scenario in his column at the Times today, saying, "If Iraqis are able to adopt a system of free enterprise and representative government, they will become the center of an arc of freedom from Turkey in the north to Israel in the south (with Lebanon freed from Syrian occupation, if France will liberate the state it created). Egypt, the largest Arab nation, could not long resist such a tidal wave of liberty."
I hope he's correct. One problem with conservative triumphalism, is that some are painting the most elaborate scenarios for the future, and any criticism of those scenarios is responded to by, "Wait a minute, that's the same kind of thing you were saying before we invaded Iraq." There are real problems that will have to be solved in setting Iraq on the road to freedom, and it's a lot easier and more telegenic to invade a country than to occupy it and help it move towards freedom.
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