Democracy in Iraq?

Tim Blair has a great post on democracy in Iraq that includes this:

One thing we do know: ain’t no way reform and democracy were coming to Iraq if Uday, Qusay, or Big Daddy Underpants were left in charge. Removing them—the Hussein clan, that is, not underpants—creates at least the possibility of positive change.

Heh. Also, via Tim's site, a link to the Brothers Judd post that contains this telling anecdote that illustrates the excellent relationship between Australia and America:

In mid-March one of the most remarkable diplomatic scenes involving Australia took place in the White House. Our outgoing ambassador to the US, Michael Thawley, went there with his wife to pay his scheduled farewell call on the President.

Thawley was in for a surprise. Instead of a momentary grip and grin, an extraordinary scene unfolded in the Oval Office. After a few minutes the President said he had a couple of others who wished to farewell the Australian. He went out and returned with Vice-President Dick Cheney, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz, national security adviser Stephen Hadley, White House chief-of-staff Andy Card and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers.