The war is over and a new chapter has begun in Iraq. The regime of Saddam Hussein, in power since 1979, has been vanquished, and a new, democratic government has been promised. Will this promise be capable of realization, given that Iraq has never experienced democratic government since its independence in 1932?

This is a question that must be taken seriously, and one that is not easy to answer. The English needed almost 1,000 years of blood-st