"......he believes that his country eventually might turn to him to put things back together."
I hope that happens.
I some way maybe it had it's benefit to have the religious nuts in charge of Iraq that early after the war. Their complete failure disaffected many Iraqis and might turn more of them to the nonsectarian parties alá Allawi.
I personally believe the best thing for democracy in Iraq long term is a temporary hiatus to stabilize the country and to allow for the building of safe guards to prevent the joining of the mosque and state as we have in Iraq today. Iraq could also badly use a new more US like electoral system.
4 years later, it has happened.