More Of This Is What Is Needed

This is good.

The reason the war in Iraq has been a bungling failure is not because the troops aren't fighting hard enough or the people aren't supportive enough...but because the leadership running the show did not and still does not understand the political situation in the Middle East and are clueless on what the culture there is like.

Until prominent Islamic figures, like sheiks, endorse the idea of democracy, it will never happen there.

Still, while I think it's a good sign to see popular religious figures trying to turn the populace against the insurgency and attempt to end the civil war, even if it succeeds, what is the likelihood these sheiks are going to decide to embrace a secular democracy supportive of Israel and western culture instead of a Saudi Arabia/Iran type state?

My guess is slim, but it would be good to end the civil war so we can bring our troops home!