Clearly, a democracy is far from perfect...

The people of Iraq are going to vote soon on their new constitution proposal. That, naturally will include all Iraq citizens, even those that are not currently living in Iraq, even those who are being held by the UN on charges of genocide. Saddam Hussein, along with about 10,000 other detainees are going to get to vote on the new constitution with the rest of their country men and women. It's important that all of Iraq citizens get to vote, even the evil ones.

On a side note, the country seems to be extremely divided on the proposed constitution. Regardless of whether or not it gets passed, which I believe it likely will; could an Iraqi civil war be on the horizon? And, if so, is America to blame? Did we start the ball rolling for a civil war? And where are we going to be when it starts?

We must assume that we won't be there forever. It's likely that when a new administration is elected, America will likely scale back it's forces in Iraq. So, in similar fashion to the first Gulf War, we will virtually abandon their country after a promise to fix everything. Probably only enough troops will be left behind to effectively guard the oil production, leaving the rest of the country to fight itself. The Iraqi fighters, on either side, will leave the US troops alone, because it will have it's own war to fight, and will not want the American's involved to affect the outcome. Of course, once one side gains power then they may focus attention to the oil production, but that may be decades down the road, and by then they can have the oil, because the Democrats would have regained control of the country, and extensive research will be, being conducted on alternative fuels.

Clearly, a Democracy is far from perfect.