Good news from Iraq

Iraq held a resoundingly successful and peaceful election Saturday and who gets the lead quote in this Reuters story? Barack Obama, of course.

The good news from Iraq has been roundly ignored in recent years because it has been at least partially attributable to the George W. Bush administration.

Now, however, news reports can attach the name of the popular current president and, mercy me, it sounds as if he is getting credit for it. Forget that he fought against our being in Iraq; he's happy now that they had a peaceful election.

I'm sure the people with purple fingers are grateful for President Obama's support.