By Salena Zito
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, March 5, 2006

The world holds a stake in democracy's triumph or failure in Iraq, says the U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

"Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region," Zalmay Khalilzad told me in a telephone interview from Baghdad last week. "The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world."

Nathaniel Fick, who wrote about being a post-9/11 Marine officer in the book "One Bullet Away," respects Khalilzad. "If there is any concern, it is that he arrived too late."

Fick hopes he's wrong about that.


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