Iraq is now a democracy

Submitted by sjohnas (Poland), Mar 27, 2012 at 06:43

The real test of Iraq's transformation will come when all foreign troops have pulled out and they are left to set up their freshly minted government. Will they continue on the path to progress and become a stable country in the Middle East, or will they destroy everything that was put in to them, like the Gazans did when Israel left the Gaza and all greenhouses were demolished and now are rubble hills that are used to fire rockets on.

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