July 2, 2004

A very wobbly bicycle ride

I’m sure Iraq is not ready to fly on its own yet. But so what. We’ve done the heavy lifting up to this point, now it's their turn.

Like a kid learning to ride a bicycle, we’ve just taken the training wheels off. They’re going to crash many times and spill a lot of blood, but we’re going to be there to pick them up again and send them off again.

Freedom has a price – blood. I don’t know if the Iraqi’s know that yet. If not, they will soon. Then they’re going to have to decide if freedom is worth the price.

I hope they choose wisely.

Posted by Ted at July 2, 2004 10:13 PM