HOLD THE TULIPS: Capt. Ed warns against getting too excited, too soon, about the future of Kyrgyzstan. He’s right to worry. Remember, democratization is a process, not an event.

UPDATE: More from Dan Darling, here. And Arthur Chrenkoff says we need focused attention on the promotion of democracy in out-of-the-way places, and that we can’t count on Europe:

You can still expect a great deal of pain, some unavoidable ingratitude and many, many setbacks. As I said, it’s not easy – the much under-estimated Post-Totalitarian Stress Disorder will be the greatest enemy – but we have little choice. Doing nothing and hoping for the best is no longer a viable foreign policy option.

Is it time for a “Wolfowitz Plan?”