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this is a good thing, but we're still screwed. the way the whole new government has been handled has been abominable. we gave them "democracy" -- which to them means "whatever government the most people want" -- never stopping to think that the iraqis would inevitably elect yet more despots who imposed sharia and marginalized other sects. we should have just given them a constitution -- one that guaranteed them the rights to freedom of expression, religion, assembly, etc. -- whether they "wanted" it or not. that's the only way we could have ensured iraq wouldn't tolerate religious zealots like ahmadinejad in iran in positions of political power and thus be a threat in the future, and no terrorist killing (not even bin laden) is going to change that.
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