Look at an average Iraqis' finger on election day.

According to USFI:

The Iraqi election process shows how far the country has come, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.  Gates received reports on the Iraqi election from Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the U.S. commander in the country.  Odierno had expected a high number of high-profile attacks as al-Qaida attempted to disrupt the elections and keep Iraqis from the polls. "But the efforts of the Iraqi security forces are such that al-Qaida in Iraq was forced to change their tactics," Gates told reporters traveling with him. "There were a number of explosions in Baghdad in the early morning hours, but they figure that 80 percent were these bottled noise bombs that did little damage, but were designed to affect the perception of the security environment," the secretary said.

http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/gates-elections-show-iraqs-progress

For example, from the far-Left:

“…tens and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead...”

“…Iraq boasts one of the highest percentages of disabled people in the world…”

“…millions of Iraqis were turned into refugees or displaced within their own country…”

All above happened in Iraq BEFORE one single U.S. soldier stepped foot into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003!  Think for a second.  The moron in the three quotes above is describing Iraq, decade after decade, under Saddam’s horrible tyranny long before any American showed up in 2003.

People are not fully human until they are FREE, you pathetic, spoiled American, buffoon! 

Sometimes, wars serve to reduce/prevent AMERICAN death and suffering overall.

As to the 'war of aggression' claim, the Observer condemns the selective indignation on the far-Left.  How would the far-Left characterize an indigenous war of liberation by the communist party against Saddam?

For the far-Left, was the first Gulf War, a war of aggression?

Was Gulf War I liberating Kuwait a moral crime?

The European far-Left, including the BBC, never supported Operation Iraqi Freedom, the American Armed Forces or, most tellingly, the Iraqi Democrats.  However, today, even the BBC has publicly admitted that the good guys won the Iraq war.  Furthermore, with the massive success of the Iraqi elections obvious to everyone on earth, even the BBC admits without any doubt that the Iraqi Democrats have proven to the world that the Iraqi Democrats have won the Iraq war.

According to the BBC:

- John Simpson, BBC World affairs editor, Baghdad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8554683.stm

According to MNFI:

The Iraqi national elections mark the third time Iraqis have gone to the polls since the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime, and the second time under the current constitution, Morrell noted. They are the first Iraqi national elections to take place without a large-scale insurgency and widespread sectarian violence, and unlike previous elections, he said, no major political parties or ethnic groups are boycotting the elections.  "This is an historic opportunity, and Iraqis recognize it as such," he said. "We expect participation to be broad across Iraq's ethnic and sectarian spectrum."  The United States and international organizations, including the United Nations, are assisting the Iraqi Independent High Commission as needed, "although frankly, the Iraqis haven't needed much," Morrell said.  Iraqi forces are leading security efforts, he told reporters, and U.S. troops stand ready to assist them if called upon.

http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/attacks-will-not-hinder-elections-drawdown

According to iCasualties:

Two killed in ALL Iraq by the enemy in January, 2010.

http://www.icasualties.org/Iraq/Fatalities.aspx

In December 2009, the Iraq war is won.  Zero killed last month.

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According to Aswat al-Iraq:

In November 2009, Iraqi Civilian casualties hit lowest level since 2003 

December1, 2009 - 08:23:03

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Civilian deaths in Iraq have hit a six-year low in November 2009

http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=122799