The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.
Iraq is part of a legitimate American effort not to have democracy everywhere but to have democracy somewhere.
I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.
Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.
Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.
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?
In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While more work remains, this is remarkable progress.
We believe that an Iraqi founding national assembly, freely elected, must decide the future of Iraq.
It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.
Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.
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