A great point. When watching the coverage earlier I was thinking (sarcastically) "Gee, too bad their democracy couldn't begin nice and peacefully like OURS."
And it's going to be nothing like the FRENCH REVOLUTION, I assure you. What a shocking murderous gorey people.
Exactly! And other KSFO talkers (including Freeper David Gold) have been talking about how long it took Germany to have free elections after WWII, as well as Japan's post-war history. With the terrorists trying to suppress independence on a daily basis, I think the citizen Iraqis are doing pretty damn well.