I think he's proud of Iraq too, and so am I. But I wouldn't be suggesting that another country model themselves after Iraq yet. It's too early and too destabilized.
And Russia is "stable?"
As to Iraq, I hope he and all of us spend more time pointing out the amazing level of success in Iraq. A good historian is going to have to do a decent comparison to post war Germany and Japan, or simply to the iron curtain countries after they won their freedoms under far less difficult circumstances. Is it perfect? No, but then neither is South Central L.A. or about any Democrat dominated inner city in the US. Iraq is a miraculous success.