Democracy in Iraq will come very soon.Do you think so ?

Answer 1

Most Iraqis now want the West to F Off. Where's the democracy?

Answer 2

No. Here's why.

1) To have a democratic government you need to have fair elections. You cannot have fair elections if the present government isn't strong enough to make sure the elections are fair - and not 'you will vote for x or we'll kill you'. As all parts of Iraq, except the Kurdish parts and the green zone in Baghdad is currently in anarchy this could not happen.

2) The Sunni minority in Iraq knows that it would severely lose out in a country that is majority Shia. As Hussein was Sunni, and Sunnis had a lot of preference under his government they would be unlikely to support any democratic government, because it would mean a huge loss of power. As the Sunnis are a significant minority you would be alienating a large portion of the population, whose views would not be heard - this is not democracy.

3) There are many clerics who denounce western style democracy as against Islam. Whether or not this is true is a moot point, but this view is widely held to be true by their followers, who would like an Iranian style 'islamic republic', not a western style democracy.

4) The people of Iraq are united in one thing alone. The hatred of the occupiers of their country, and the fervent desire to be rid of them, even to the extent of their country falling apart.

5) Iraq was a product of colonialism, some arbitrary lines on paper. The different peoples of Iraq have little in common, no shared history, little shared culture, and barely any identity. What is very likely to happen is that the Sunnis, Shias and Kurds will all break apart and form three different countries (or possibly join existing countries) making Iraq consigned to the history books.

Answer 3

No.To be honest with you, I personally think that it will never happen. The people of Iraq did not ask for this war. They did not ask for democracy either. They are being forced into it. They wanted Saddam gone that is true, but they wanted him gone so they could continue their way of living with another leader who feels about things the way they do. Someone who follows the rules of the Holy majority in their minds. Why do you think there is such an insurgency? They don't want to be told what kind of gov't they should have, or who should run it for that matter. Sunni and Shia have fought with one another for hundreds of years, it was just never broadcast on T.V. every minute for us to watch and think how horrible it is for them. This is an average day for these people. They are used to violence. If the Iraqi people truly would like to take a shot at democracy then they better start standing up and really fighting for it and starting to realistically taking charge of their own security so we can get the hell out of there!

Answer 4

To be honest with you- I have no idea. All I know is that the United States is trying to impart a sense of "democracy" in Iraq, but I feel that we are invading their terrority because it's their right and government if they want a democracy or not. Like George Washington once said, "In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the country's well-being: Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.... And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.... Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue?"

Basically, he means that he would rather see government and religion seperate, but that's not always the case. With all the political happenings lately, we have mixed religion with governement and it doesn't give us good results.

Basically, my point is that I really don't know- but in the long run, probably not.

Answer 5

If one defines democracy as holding elections, then what does it matter? In Palestine, the people chose an alternative to corrupt, ineffective government, and the US and Israeli governments cut the new Palestinian government off from their own tax revenues. So, the US government will only support democracy/elections when it serves their interests.

Answer 6

Democracy is already in Iraq. They held elections not very long ago, remember. But the Sunnis apparently want none of it and would like to revert to the old ways when they had power under Hussein. He was a villain for sure but that was a problem for the Iraqis to solve not the U.S. and others of the coalition.

Answer 7

You've been listening to Bush too much. All his top military advisors say "never" or far, far into the future. They aren't ready for democracy. They don't want it. They're all a bunch of nutcase ragheads hell-bent on creating a religious theocracy.

Answer 8

Amazed at what people are willing to consider democracy. Makes it easier to understand how the crap goes around in this country.

Answer 9

No, it will not really come until we leave and they are able to control their own destiny. They will have to have their own struggle. Freedom, democracy, is from within and cannot be imposed by an occupying army.

Answer 10

You sure that democrazy is the way for them? They aren't Europeans. In my primary school, there should be 4 cradles of civilization: Egypt, China, India and Europe.