Are we forcing Iraq to draw up a slapdash McConstitution? [View All]

[Armstead]

The US is pressing Iraq to come up with a Constitution according to our timetable -- i.e. fast to satisfy our national Attention deficit Disorder.

Build a country by Monday, we're telling them.

But Iraq is a complicated nation with so many factions and different interests pulling in different directions. Traditionalists vs. Modernists. Pro-Women's Rights vs. Caveman Patriarchs. Different Islamic sects and tribal/family groupings. Different classes...etc., etc.etc.

Trying to reconcile all of these differing factions and interests is a difficult job. But the USis pressing them to come up with something fast, so that we can begin to think about pulling out while accompling our own national "goals."

Don't the Iraqis need a lot more time to sort all this out than we are allowing? Should we be forcing them to build their country on our timetable?