A democratic Iraq???

What will Iraq look like when a war is over? Obviously, although Iraq
has been freed from a ruthless dictator willing to unleash atrocity on
a whim against his people, Iraqis, with a new democratic system, are
still on the fringe of survival. It’s important to understand that
there are major problems that still exist within the Iraqi
infrastructure — both physical and psychological.

On the physical level, there are tribal leaders dispersed throughout
the country that the country reveres and holds in high regard. This
deep connection and bond will not cease in the near future. It would
take an oversize government providing the basic daily essentials to
challenge the authoritarian-style tribal leaders that are in place.

On the psychological level, democracy is just plain new to Iraqis. On a personal level, we all know how difficult it is to change habits, especially since the mindset has been engrained in their culture and way of life for centuries. A constant challenge for American troops training Iraqi soldiers was their unwillingness to fight alongside our soldiers. The will to fight was rare and impossible to resurrect. Although an autonomous spirit may exist within a few Iraqis, it’s far from existing across the nation.

This is precisely why some 50,000 of our troops will stay behind to halt the further imploding of Iraq from the enemy within their country. Americans must realize that although our president is claiming that the war is over, it will never be over in the foreseeable future. Our men and women will continue to die and eventually Iraq and its explosive landscape will disappear from the world headline news.

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