Iraqi Heroes

Iraq The Model is an award-winning blog by two Baghdad men who provide fascinating Iraqi perspectives on the war and now the elections as well. Today they posted a gruesome illustration of the terrorists' cowardice and utter inhumanity: Kidnapping Down's Syndrome patients to carry out their suicide bombings. In contrast, they tell a story of a man who threw himself at a would-be suicide bomber near an election center and was himself blown up, saving the lives of voters waiting in line. Mohammed and Omar write:

What a huge difference there is between those who kidnap and use the mentally handicapped to perform their murders in cold blood, and the brave Iraqis who sacrificed their lives to protect their brethren. ... The pathetic terrorists are breaking one world record after another in cowardice and insanity and this tells how bankrupt they're getting.

I'm obviously excited about the elections in Iraq and the prospect of democracy in the Middle East. U.S. voters today have no idea what it is like to face death at the polls, thanks to those who faced down the tyrants for us 230 years ago. Michael Moore and his ilk, who fabricated the absurd delusion that Iraqi terrorists are akin our founding fathers, have been rightly humiliated and discredited. Moore and those in the press who insisted on calling terrorists "insurgents" (and in some cases "revolutionaries") have insulted the Iraqi people and deserve only their scorn. The heroes of Iraq are the courageous voters who defied the threats of their oppressors and are now forging a free nation. They have my admiration, love, and prayers. I have never been prouder of our military and our president for helping pave the road.