Your concern is no doubt appropriate, but a government can have no functions if it cannot survive its establishment.
Think of it as the kind of consolidation that occurred at the end of feudalism. Petty fiefdoms had to yield to larger entities, or be destroyed.
I see nothing wrong with ending the tyrannical rule of local gangs.
>>I see nothing wrong with ending the tyrannical rule of local gangs.
Replacing many little tyrannical pyramids with one big tyrannical pyramid was not the objective of those who penned the Declaration of Independence for the United States.
What were the “Self Evident Truths”, spoken of in the Declaration of Independence?
Are they as self evident today as they were 230 years ago? Are they self evident to the Iraqi people? Government, with unquestioning obedience and loyalty to the government, is not the objective. The role of government is to preserve and protect the basic rights and freedoms of the governed. We need to be leading the Iraqi people towards an understanding and appreciation of those “Self Evident Truths” upon which our own government is supposed to be founded. Understanding and appreciation will not be obtained by imposing a Soviet style tyranny. In fact, were we to do so, we will have taken a giant step towards becoming what we were told we were standing against in the Cold War.
It was suggested that what is needed in Iraq is a “good old Soviet era spying hierarchy that can root out those disloyal to the government.”. No doubt the Soviet communists, and their present-day successors, would agree.