This is the final moral victory for democracy and for the Bush doctrine in that part of the world.
Are you out of your fucking mind? This is nothing less than a disaster for the US. A crooked vote that is being questioned in every paper around the world except ours doesn't exactly lend any credence to your "absolution" rhetoric.
We may end up with another Guantanamo base, yes. A remote possibility. Most likely we will end up with a retreat more ignominous than from viet Nam.
Imposing democracy at the end of a gun barrel is a stupid idea.