In the New York Post, John Podhoretz makes the claim that George Bush's War Against Terror has in some way led to the positive spirit and enthusiasm behind the Ukranian protests for fair elections. Could be.

Even Nicholas Kristof had to wonder at the pro-American sentiment he found:

Most Ukrainians love the U.S., and to be an American here - any American - is to be a rock star. Protesters overhear me speaking English and line up to ask me to autograph their orange ribbons with a big "U.S.A."

Pohoretz basically says that it is becuase of Bush's strong, unwavering belief in the spread of democracy that the Ukranians feel so passionately in their own rights.

He also gives a plug to Natan Sharansky's new book which I mention in the previous post. It really is a call to moral arms. Democracies good, totalitarian/dictatorial governments bad. Fewer of the latter means more peace in the world. Period.

I think it's time we renamed the "War Against Terror" as the "War For Democracy".

Oh yeah, and remember that other non-Democratic state affected indirectly by the war, Libya? Well it looks like not only have they given up their WMD ambitions, it's quite the tourist hot spot now.