Iraq handled like the presidency - with incompetence.

[Professor S]

At the risk of getting back into another political argument after my retirement, I'll try and illuminate both of you:

EVERY FORM OF "FREEDOM" OR FREE GOVERNMENT IS BASED ON ANOTHER FORM GOING BACK TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Parliament, The US, and even theoretical communism are all based on the foundations that the Romans developed. So in essence, every form of free democracy is is based on someone else's government.

To 1) try and recreate "freedom" is stupid, since you have governments that do it well already that Iraq can adopt and transform into their own government and 2) its next to impossible.

By asking the question: "Why does Iraqi freedom have to be like anyone elses?" is the same as asking any other government why theirs is like anyone else's. You go with what works.

With that, I'll leave the rest of you to argue some more.