Iraqi's Choose Peace In Today's Vote

No matter what the outcome of today's vote on the proposed Iraqi Constitution, the Iraqi people's demonstration of sheer determination to walk long distances and stand in long lines in order to mark their ballot the way they want to mark it is a victory worthy of celebration and thanksgiving.

If anything is at all clear today it is that the Iraqi people have emphatically rejected terrorism and have boldly embraced the democratic process for a free and unified Iraq.

Reuters has published many beautiful photographs of the voting from which I have chosen the following as my favorites. As far as I can see these faces do not represent a nation fractured by sectarian fear on the verge of descending into chaos and civil war. Don't believe everything that you read in the generally morbid media. Instead, believe what you see in these photographs...and acknowledge that what took place today was a very good thing for us all!