You pay no attention to foreign affairs it seems.
“It’s the most liberal constitution in the arab world.”
GWB, this happens to be true, even though the hurdle is pretty low. There happens to be more real freedom in Iraq’s politics today than in any other country in the region, save for Turkey and Israel. Bloggers are jailed in Egypt, Syria and Iran are dictatorships, blasphemy is a capital offense that is prosecuted in Pakistan, and Christians can practice their religion in Saudi Arabia. Yet in Iraq, bloggers and politicians have freedom of speech and expression, and religious freedom is protected in Iraq’s constitution.
Iraq has more freedom because of the intervention of the US. What a sad thing to not acknowledge the good the US has done for others.