We would encourage everyone to have a little patience concerning the Constitution process in Iraq. Many among the MSM would have us believe the entire process is decaying and Iraq will soon erupt into civil war. We would hope that such would not be the case.

If you want to know what is really happening in Iraq, Michael Yon: Online Magazine is a must read. His article, Gates of Fire, is the story of America’s bravest and finest, being reported on by a brave and fine man to counter all the misinformation we receive on a daily basis.

Hugh Hewitt writes in, Michael Yon and the Duties of Civilians, the following:

“Because courage is the most hypnotic of virtues, and Yon is a courageous man reporting on the deeds of other courageous men. I quote Thucydides in my review of (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

The Wall Street Opinion Journal has a great editorial outlining the positive points of the Iraq’s new draft Constitution which should be approved sometime later today. In their article, Iraq’s Federalist Papers , they wrote the following:

“As for the unambiguously good news, there is both federalism and the oil-sharing formula. The draft constitution describes Iraq as “a democratic, federal, republican system”–an organizational structure that should be familiar to Americans. Some Sunni representatives have objected strongly, saying a federal structure risks the dissolution of the Iraqi state. But the reality is that federalism in one form or another was inevitable long before the constitutional talks began.

The Kurds, for starters, are not about to give up the autonomy they have enjoyed since the mid-’90s under cover of no fly zones (and would themselves dissolve the Iraqi state by secession were concessions on this matter not granted). (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)