Grim's Hall: "As the joyous display of purple fingers in Iraq again attests, the national struggle for democracy is a moral good and, if it succeeds, a human triumph. But it is not by itself a victory for American national security. We need a policy based on the recognition that democracy in the Middle East and beyond is definitely desirable, maybe necessary but hardly sufficient to secure our future."

Grim quotes the Wapo above, noting the logic of requirement -- if it's necessary, we simply have to do it.

And I have to ask -- how does she know it's "hardly sufficient"? I claim it's 99% sufficient.