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By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 4:20 PM PT

Preoccupied as it was poring through Tom Daschle's tax returns, Washington hardly noticed a near miracle abroad. Iraq held provincial elections.

There was no Election Day violence. Security was handled by Iraqi forces with little U.S. involvement. A fabulous bazaar of 14,400 candidates representing 400 parties participated, yielding results highly favorable to both Iraq and the U.S."

I will apologize in advance for slavishly recommending virtually every Krauthammer column. He is brilliant.

Remember how candidate Obama repeatedly asserted that the Iraq war was playing into the hands of Iran? Let's hope President Obama comes to terms with reality and builds upon this success instead of undermining it.