Freedom Razes the Walls

I could talk about the power of freedom, and I have, but I'll be quite honest in saying that none can truly understand the sweet taste of freedom if they have never lived without it. Mohammed and Omar of Iraq the Model write their experience of voting, and post an image of their fingers, covered in the purple ink that ensures they only vote once.

The revolution returns, the reformation lives on
The Great Awakening is now, sleepers, open your eyes
A war is on, our rally cry is "No compromise"
No compromise, yeah, no compromise
A war is on, our battle cry is "No compromise"
Throw your fist up and pray the revolution rise
A war is on, our rally cry is "No compromise"
- Matt Morginsky and Tony Terusa

Today the Iraqis joined the Afghans and a brotherhood of peoples around the world in declaring their freedom from oppression and terror. The world will never be the same again.

Update: In case you're too lazy to go check it out, here's a blurb from Omar and Mohammed's writeup that struck me as very encouraging.

The first thing we saw this morning on our way to the voting center was a convoy of the Iraqi army vehicles patrolling the street, the soldiers were cheering the people marching towards their voting centers then one of the soldiers chanted "vote for Allawi" less than a hundred meters, the convoy stopped and the captain in charge yelled at the soldier who did that and said:

"You're a member of the military institution and you have absolutely no right to support any political entity or interfere with the people's choice. This is Iraq's army, not Allawi's".

This was a good sign indeed and the young officer's statement was met by applause from the people on the street.

Absolutely right. Absolutely right. Absolutely amazing.