Will the US allow that?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat


Naah, better leave this job to a pro. George Bush will be looking for a new job in a couple of years.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Serb


Of course not. They just bought new bike for him and he only wants to return the favour.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by LoneWolf
Well, the Israelis are the only ones to show the ability to create a democratic government in the Middle East. Why not let them run Iraq?

Whish in fact is just another prove they they don't fit the place and should be asked out...

j/k

And CIA informations are never to be believed because often they just make it up (how do they count a population in a state that doesn't know itself about it? By satelite photos I guess.
This time they are probably close to being right, however.

[JCG]

Some sort of pseudo-democratic "national coalition" could arguably be formed and kept in power by the U.S/popular inertia, if things are done "calmly"...I doubt there will be "another Iran" in Iraq, strictly speaking....unless the country breaks into several fragmented and radicalized states beforehand.

[Heresson]

I am angry at those that say "let them rule themselves in their own way". Some don't understand that democracy isn't a form of gouverment, it is a constant possibility of choosing a gouverment. My attitude is that everyone may do what He wishes as long as He does it to himself or any other person who wishes it. The great problem is that in Islam, there is a rule of FORBIDDING the evil and COMMANDING the right; there is some logic in this. If someone doesn't oppose a crime, He is, also in European laws, accused of participating in it. There's the same when it comes to sin, and the sin and the crime is the same there. While Christians have a knowlesge of that Bible wasn't written at once, and there
were some quarrels when it comes to this, Muslims firmly believe that nothing like that took place when it comes to Qur'an, which is not true, as we know. Neither do they know that shari'a can't be proven to be truth; they even aren't aware (at least whom I talked to) that the current hadiths
are a selection of millions of words claimed to be said by the prophet, and that the whole idea of the law based on it wasn't idea of the Prophet, or his direct comrades. Therefore they MUST treat Qur'an more seriously than we treat the Bible, and they place hadiths on the same level.

[Sir Og]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST


I don´t know how realiable the CIA is as a source of information
but th World Factbook 2002 says:

Religions:
Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%

Well it seems that the Shi'a muslims have big enough majority to choose any government they want.
And so far it seem that thay want Iran style governmant.

[GePap]

Iraq won't become a theocracy like Iran. I don't think the Shia are united in thier wish for a clerical state. This is not to say a democracy will actually form like the US plans, but that a repeat of Iran is not likely, though given the level of dmeocracy between Iran and most of our allies in the Gulf, such an outcome for Iraq would not be the worst possible.

As for Lonewolf's comment: yeah, look how good a job was done in Southern Lebanon......