"Democracy isn’t just about election and legislative majority"

[McKenzie]

It is always useful to read foreign anlyses of world affairs.

btw, there is an entry pop but it closes easily.

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There are few signs of the US diluting its control of Iraq’s legal apparatus either. The occupation-imposed Transitional Administrative Law remains Iraq’s basic statute. It cannot be amended without a huge legislative majority. This is also true of privatisation schemes.

This raises a larger question. Will Washington allow a truly sovereign, independent and democratic Iraqi government to emerge, even at the risk of a clash with its own regional interests? For instance, if a Shia majority Iraqi government improves relations with Shia dominated Iran; it will displease the US which demonises Iran as part of the so-called ‘axis of evil’.

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/index00.asp

edit - runtime error so I posted the top level domain - look under "opinion"