Was it worth it?

Even the Bush administration's fiercest critics have to acknowledge yesterday's extraordinary results. In perhaps the most succinct defense of what the correct moral position for an anti-Bush supporter of the Iraq war to take, the New York Times' Michael Ignatieff writes in yesterday's magazine:

Liberals can't bring themselves to support freedom in Iraq lest they seem to collude with neoconservative bombast. Meanwhile, antiwar ideologues can't support the Iraqis because that would require admitting that positive outcomes can result from bad policies and worse intentions. Finally there are the ideological fools in the Arab world and even a few here at home who think the ''insurgents'' are fighting a just war against American imperialism. All this makes you wonder when the left forgot the proper name for people who bomb polling stations, kill election workers and assassinate candidates. The right name for such people is fascists.