Scott
09-04-2007, 01:15 AM
Link (http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.democracy/?iref=mpstoryview)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Nightmarish political realities in Baghdad are prompting American officials to curb their vision for democracy in Iraq. Instead, the officials now say they are willing to settle for a government that functions and can bring security.
A workable democratic and sovereign government in Iraq was one of the Bush administration's stated goals of the war.
But for the first time, exasperated front-line U.S. generals talk openly of non-democratic governmental alternatives, and while the two top U.S. officials in Iraq still talk about preserving the country's nascent democratic institutions, they say their ambitions aren't as "lofty" as they once had been.
Well here we go again.
Sadly most nations changing over to a democracy/republic or other free government by the people undergo a long period of struggle and violence. The sooner we can get the Iraqi military up and running 100% the better obviously. Already the Iraqi army is picking up the slack.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Nightmarish political realities in Baghdad are prompting American officials to curb their vision for democracy in Iraq. Instead, the officials now say they are willing to settle for a government that functions and can bring security.
A workable democratic and sovereign government in Iraq was one of the Bush administration's stated goals of the war.
But for the first time, exasperated front-line U.S. generals talk openly of non-democratic governmental alternatives, and while the two top U.S. officials in Iraq still talk about preserving the country's nascent democratic institutions, they say their ambitions aren't as "lofty" as they once had been.
Well here we go again.
Sadly most nations changing over to a democracy/republic or other free government by the people undergo a long period of struggle and violence. The sooner we can get the Iraqi military up and running 100% the better obviously. Already the Iraqi army is picking up the slack.