What has Iraq done for US?

I saw VDH on FoxNews this evening. He is undoubtedly one of the most erudite and lucid commentators of our day. I discovered that all along I have been calling him Victor David Hanson, when his name is Victor Davis Hason. I truly apologize, Mr. Hanson, should you ever read my article, when you are soaring about the sky with the wings that grew from your ears. At any rate, VDH has a new installment, and he agrees with something I have said before (I don't recall saying it on my blog, so you will just have to trust me without a link):



There are lessons here for those who claim that American flexibility has become increasingly constricted and American choices all but foreclosed. In fact, as Iraq comes slowly under control, the opposite prognosis is at least as likely to be the case. Precisely because of proven American resolve in Iraq, the United States now commands both military and diplomatic options—well short of another Iraq-style invasion—that were not at its disposal previously.



He is rather upbeat about our position in Iraq, and the position Iraq gives us in the rest of the world, as the above quote indicates. You should read all the article. It is an intellectual treat.