(hat tip: Booker Rising ). The French conservative blogger argues that Iraq’s recent elections help President George W. Bush’s legacy (commentary in French): Thanks to La Pensée Néoconservatrice and Yvan Roufiol for their posts on the subject. So I wasn’t alone in having failed to understand some headlines that said that the Iraqi elections were a victory for Obama. It’s not the first time since Saddam Hussein’s fall, and it betrays the memory of those who lost their lives or who have shed their blood to reward those who have never been favorable to this Iraq intervention and have even gone so far, during the greatest post-Saddam difficulties, to declare that the war was lost.”

Neoafricain continues his commentary about Iraq’s elections: “Without Bush, these elections would’ve never happened. Without his perseverance and his deep conviction that the desire for freedom is a universal value deeply rooted in every man, regardless of race, culture or religion. The arguments used by anti-Bush people is always the same: “One doesn’t impose democracy with bombs,” “how do we talk about democracy when there were hundreds of thousands of civilians killed,” “it’s wrong to think the Arabs want democracy “, etc. And for 7 years, they always sayd that. Alas, it has often happened that democracy “Western” democracy is imposed by bombs. Generally, the tyrants and totalitarian regimes do not easily leave the place. Without an atomic bomb, Hirohito would still be there. Without a fierce and ruthless war, the Nazis would still be there too. The U.S. military certainly didn’y deliberately target civilians in these strikes. On the contrary, it would’ve had fewer deaths in its ranks if it behaved like most armies in the region. As for the third point, this form of racism shocks me. Of course, people worldwide want to live in freedom and be able to elect their representatives.”

More: “Of course, these elections are certainly not perfect, because learning democratic culture takes time and voting itself isn’t democracy. I don’t forget that Hitler was elected Chancellor and the ayatollahs of Iran also hold ‘elections’ …A democratic regime also has the separation of powers, the separation between religion and state, and an independent media…The elections are only the first step towards this ideal. But without this step, nothing is possible.”