Indelible Marks

Though I take issue with a lot of what the US has done in the Middle East, this point is notable: this month will have some of the first free elections in the Arab world and they're under American and Israeli occupation. The Palestinian election was on January 9th and Iraq's (if all goes according to plan) will be on January 30th.

I'm not sure what to make of the observation. Maybe that the elections are less free or maybe the US and Israel are spreading at least a small bit of goodness.