Really, I'm happy...

...that they had an election in Iraq. I'm happy that lots of Iraqi's, at least in some parts of the country, voted. I'm happy that the violence didn't match up with my worst fears.

But am I the only one that thinks it's pretty damn sad that after nearly two years of military occupation, an election taking place under virtual lockdown conditions across the country resulted in dozens of deaths and everyone thinks that's a good sign?

Just because election day fatalities weren't in the hundreds or thousands doesn't make dozens acceptable. Shouldn't we pause in our celebration to mourn those poor souls?