Mark Steyn declares: "It's been a good year"

Twelve months ago, Saddam Hussein was sitting on his solid gold toilet. He’s now on the run, moving every few hours and unlikely ever again to feel even a standard black plastic seat against his bottom. His sons are dead, so there’s no possibility of dynastic succession. There has been a noticeable decline in the number of suicide bombings against Israel, suggesting the intifada is having some problems without its sugar daddy. Conversely, there’s been an increase in pressure on the Saudi Arabian and Iranian regimes.

I think the most striking thing about the past year is the new clarity. The United States is no longer going to turn a blind eye to terrorist states and Saudi back-channel funding of Islamofascism. Also, we're not going to say that our allies are allies when they don't do a single thing to help us when we ask (and, in fact, actively campaign against our goals). It's a new era of political incorrectness and it feels so good.