The path of freedom

The polls are scheduled to open in Iraq in about ten minutes. The people of Iraq will vote on whether or not to ratify their Constitution. If it passes, a new, permanent government will be elected on December 15.

There has been so much hard work to get Iraq to this point. So many lives lost. But there will be a vote today.

I've written just a little bit about the progress the Iraqis themselves have made in building their own security forces.

I've shared some of the thoughts of my correspondent, one of the many there working to give freedom a chance to take root.

We will look on with interest, and watch a people decide for themselves what government they will have.