Posted by
Burorambo on Friday, August 17, 2007 5:19:11 PM
My understanding is that Iraq has a “representative” government. The problem with a representative government is that its representatives will restrict their votes to the specific interests of the groups they represent, rather than compromise when necessary to reach consensus and achieve real progress for the benefit of the country. Our government, which is representative as well, includes enough moderates and independents to be able to get some real work done from time to time. When faced with controversial decisions, however, even our most moderate and independent thinking representatives typically revert to kind, restrict their votes to the positions of their groups, and prevent Congress from making critically needed progress. It seems somewhat silly of us to be wagging our fingers at the Iraqi government.