SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS THAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

"Before the war, these Mullahs, these secular politicians, these Kurds and even these Americans promised us a democratic, pluralistic, secular and federal Iraq. We have since seen the following:

A corrupt, Islamist, sectarian and weak governmne under "Dr" Ibrahim al-Ja'afari.

A corrupt, Ba'thist, arrogant, puppet, weak government under "Dr" Ayad Allawi.

So when I heard today that Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government saying that Kurdistan can only be a part of a democratic, pluralistic and fedearl Iraq, I said that's the only way."
The Iraqi Vote