From: Joe Dees (hidden@lucifer.com)
Date: Sat May 29 2004 - 04:21:40 MDT
Since Iraq is composed of both Shi'ites and (Kurdish and Arab) Sunnis (not to mention a sizeable population of other faiths, including Christianity), any governmental structure that can succeed in binding them together must be able to transcend this sectarianism. Democracy does not mean that Muslims won't be predominantly elected there (Christians are predominantly elected in America and Europe, after all); it instead means that nobody's version of absolute truth is codified into constitutional law.
After the handover of administrative power in Iraq, the US forces will nevertheless stay for some time, in order to protect the fledgling Iraqi constitutional democracy until it grows strong enough to preserve itself and offer security to Iraqi citizens. As the Baathist dead-enders, the iranian-mullahcracy-inspired Shi'ite hotheads and the imported Al Qaedan shaheeds will continue to attack such a government for as long as thet are able to do so, I forsee US troops maintaining a significant and effective presence in Iraq for quite some time after the handover of civil authority. This will be noncontroversial as far as the majority of the Irawis are concerned; the majority of Iraqis, according to the BBC poll, both desire a the adoption of a constitutional democracy to administer their country, and want the US military to stay until it is safe (for both the new Iraqi government and for Iraqi citizens) for it to leave.
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