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A 6 page paper which examines the West’s efforts to democratize Iraq, and argues that ethnic and religious divisions, frequent insurgencies, lack of civil society, and a long history of anti-democratic (anti-Western) sentiments will make attempts at democracy fall short. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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economic preferences. Democracy emphasizes an individuals freedom to choose, handing the people the power to elect government officials. Now that the war in Iraq is essentially over, and the
coalition provisional authority has presided over what members and diplomatic observers have claimed to be free elections for the first time in this beleaguered nation, the ethnic and religious divisions
within the country make a transition to democracy an extremely complex undertaking. After all, despite the fact that democracies have flourished in non-Western countries, the Arab world has remained
steadfastly "undemocratic" and anti-democratic sentiments run deep (Diamond, 2003). In the end, one has to wonder whether this apparent Iraq regime change in favor of democracy in an area
where democracy remains an unknown and mistrusted commodity is a political reality or merely an illusion (Diamond, 2003). First, the concept of democracy itself must be considered. It is
Western in origin, rooted in a Greek term which best describes its definitive characteristic - equality (Taheri, 2004). Interestingly, there is no word for equality in any Muslim language
nor has there ever been anything comparable to the term in the politics of Islamic nations (Taheri, 2004). Iraq is one of the most devout of Islam nations, and
so for the people, the notion of equality is ludicrous because a non-believer can never be equal to a believer (Taheri, 2004). In a democracy, the people rule, but
according to Muslim sensibilities only God can be the supreme ruler (Taheri, 2004). The Khalifat al-Allah, or man who is capable of exercising earthly power, is simply Gods regent,
not his equal (Taheri, 2004). Islam permeates all aspects of Iraqi life, and for this reason a separation of church and state is unthinkable. In a democracy, a
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