skullaria wrote:
] Oh wtf did anyone THINK was going to happen the way we set
] their govt up? ONe house? No checks and balances?
] Permission for all minorities to be completely run over.
]
] That was not a real VOTE. That's not a democratic govt as we
] think of it. AND I've not seen this reported on FOX.

My understanding is the election was simply to elect the body of people who would essentially formulate the constitution, which would define how the government was setup. The constitution may very well include checks and balances.

http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/opinion.asp?ArticleID=148407

I originally saw Karim Khutar Al Musawi interviewed on C-SPAN but the video link doesn't work, I checked.

"Don't be fooled by propagandists: This election process to create a transitional national assembly that will begin to build durable democratic institutions and draft an Iraqi constitution is for the benefit of all, not to favour one class or group over the others."

It's a transitory democratic government, nothing more.

RE: Leading Shiite Clerics Pushing Islamic Constitution in Iraq