Afghanistan is coming around, slow but sure, as an Arab democracy. And for the non-existance prior to Afghanistan, take a long, hard look at Turkey. While Turkey, in all truth, is not an entirely Arabic land, it is a model for a "working" start.

So is Afghanistan.

So will be Iraq.

Syria is now trying not to be next on the list.

See the space page about our not being meant to fly. We could be complacent, say "Job well done!" and be done with it. Remember those doays? Pretty nasty endings back in the old millennium.

Well, this is now a new millennium, with a new America, and a new leadership. History has repeated, time and again, that jobs left half done come undone all too easily -- and are, in reality, not done at all.

Progress ain't easy, Lindy, but that's why we (humans) do it,
Dan