The Counterterrorism Blog: Iraq's Constitutional Referendum: Encouraging Signs: "As Andy Cochran observed earlier, the lack of violence accompanying Iraq's constitutional referendum is encouraging.  I have a few observations about what the referendum means for the future of the war in Iraq.

First, the insurgency's second straight failure to produce a bloodbath on election day shows that the insurgents aren't as strong as media reports would lead you to believe.  Remember that the insurgents did everything they could to try to intimidate voters from reaching the polls in January, and promised a massacre."

(Via The Counterterrorism Blog.)