After reading this column by Fouad Ajami I'm tempted to say that our perspective here in the states is so unabashadly skewed towards failure that this is a much needed breath of fresh air.

The doors have been thrown wide open, and the truth of that world laid bare. Grant Mr. Bush his due: The revolutionary message he brought forth was the simple belief that there was no Arab and Muslim "exceptionalism" to the appeal of liberty. For a people mired in historical pessimism, the message of this outsider was a powerful antidote to the culture of tyranny.

Read the whole thing.