Everyone knocks Iraqi politicians, for missing their benchmarks, going on vacation, and generally not being all we want them to be.

Everyone knocks Iraqi politicians, for missing their benchmarks, going on vacation, and generally not being all we want them to be. But they take risks of which average politicians know nothing. They are always being kidnapped, maimed, murdered. And the same things happen to their wives and children and friends--routinely. We were reminded of this fact by the recent murder of two provincial governors: Mohammed Ali al-Hassani and Khalil Jalil Hamza. Yes, we are frustrated by Iraqi politicians. But we should remember, too, that they are--many of them--among the bravest people on earth. And good people everywhere should support them till the end.