Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.
It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.
The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
It will take years to bring Iraq the democracy it deserves.
Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.
Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it.
I don't think Iraq could be transformed overnight into a democracy. How can you take a country that doesn't have any kind of tradition of democracy, where its people have been brutalized and repressed for decades, and suddenly impose Jeffersonian ideals?
But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those elements in the region that are moving towards a reformed process and there are a number of them.
The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.
Iraq is just a symbol of the attitude of western democracies to the rest of the world.