Why Democracy in Iraq Will Not Work

Imagine the United States where there is one stated set of rules for 49 states and a different stated set of rules for 1 state. That's what is being attempted in Iraq. The Kurds have always been autonomous, and have been guaranteed by the US that they will stay that way. Any Iraqi constitution will state this. For this reason, combined with Iraq's history of oppression and terror through raw tribal separtism, it cannot succeed as a "democracy". I think continuing to feed this separtism will result in 1 of 2 futures:
1. With the resources & support of the US (militarily and politically), Iraq's "elected" gov't will become a covert neo-tyranny, or
2. There will be all-out civil war
Either way, I think Iraq will become a dangerous rogue-state within 5 or 10 years.
- Vox Info
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
"Violence that has killed hundreds of people the past three weeks led Allawi on Thursday to extend a state of emergency until the end of March. First announced nearly four months ago, the order affects all of Iraq except Kurdish-run areas in the north." (emphasis added by Vox)
"Talabani and Barzani told reporters in Irbil on Thursday that they will ally with whichever groups support their demands to expand the autonomous Kurdish region and to retain control over their Peshmerga militias, which they do not want to disband" (emphasis added by Vox)