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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
From your own source, it claims that Kurdistan has been a successful democracy for 10 years.
First of all, define the term "successful". It was widely reported that the Kurds were using fear tactics during the last election, as my links clearly pointed out. If that is how succes is defined, then Iraq is worse than even I thought.
Secondly, assuming their claim is correct, it should be pointed out that for 7 of the past 10 years, Saddam Hussein was still ruling Iraq and was not able to interfere much in Kurdistan. Therefore, what did the U.S. occupation for the past 3 years actually do to improve democracy in Kurdistan specifically?
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Success I would define as a hope for the future that doesn't rest upon the killing of all your enimies. There is the beginnings of a political process within Kurdistan. The women may now vote and are. Of course the stronger of the warring tribes are reluctant to lose control to a political process, but it's happening.
Also, they now as a people have a political voice within Iraq. Saddam may not have exercised his political muscle in that region during the last few years of his reign but, that doesn't mean he was at peace with them. He simply had bigger fish to fry. I hope your not implying that they were content and prosperous under Saddam or even safe.
In the last three years the political control of Kurdistan has moved away from the unelected leaders of warring tribes and been given to elected leaders chosen by the people. The enemy of their people(Saddam) is in prison awaiting his sentencing and execution. This will follow with more trials and more justice. The Kurdish people have a voice within the country of Iraq. There is a constitution that says that the Kurds have the same rights as any others in Iraq. Think about it: Hope for the future that doesn't need to involve continual bloodshed.