OT: Post-War Iraq or Creation of a Democratic Country

[Guest guest]

Hi y'all,

 

Though I'll admit that the below leans heavily toward the ideal it still

leans in the proper direction and any success at all will be far better

than the status quo.

 

Iraqi opposition groups have met in Ankara and have come to terms in

defining the character of the new democratic regime that will follow

after Saddam is out of power.

 

The Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM), Constitutional Monarchy Movement

(CMM), Iraqi National Accord (INA), Iraqi National Congress (INC), Iraqi

Turcoman Front (ITF), Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Patriotic Union

on Kurdistan (PUK), Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq

(SCIRI), Turkish and American officials attended the meetings.

 

They came to terms with the naming of Turcomans, Assyrians, Chaldeans,

Arabs and Kurds as the constituent peoples of Iraq .. and for the first

time ever, showed unity against current Iraqi leadership and willingness

to work together for a better future for Iraqi peoples.

 

All participants agreed that among their principle objectives regarding

the future of Iraq are:

 

- - Enabling the Iraqi people to build a fully representative and

democratic government that meets international standards, including free

and fair elections, respect for the rule of law and private property,

equality before the law and respect for human rights, consistent with

principles agreed upon at the opposition conference in London.

 

- - Preservation of Iraq's independence, sovereignty, territorial

integrity and national unity.

 

- - Elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capabilities, in

accordance with relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.

 

- - Full compliance with all relevant UNSC resolutions to allow for

Iraq's full re-integration into the world community so that there would

be no need for sanctions or no-fly zones.

 

- - Determining the future political system and the constitution for

Iraq through the full participation and free consent of the totality of

the Iraqi population.

 

- - Using the natural resources of Iraq as a national asset and for the

Iraqi people as a whole, to strengthen the national economy.

 

- - Making use of the above principle objectives, in order to help

foster national unity and reflect the reality that all parts and cities

of Iraq belong to the nation as a whole, in perpetuity;

 

- - Protecting civilian lives and property, strongly discourging the

uncontrolled movements of refugees and internally, displaced persons,

and strongly discourging Iraqis from taking the law into their own hands

or inciting civil discord. All claims will be addressed via a

commission that will quickly be set up for a legal and organized process

to address the restitution of homes seized previously by the Iraqi

regime, and other claims. All Iraqis who have rightful claims will be

able to resolve them in a peaceful and orderly manner through this

commission.

 

- - Elimination of discrimination based on race, ethnic origin, gender,

language or religious conviction. The protection of the rights and

freedoms of all constituent peoples of Iraq - Arabs, Kurds, Turcomans,

Assyrians, Chaldeans and others - will be paramount in a future Iraq.

 

- - The reformation of the Iraqi national military, to include the

re-integration of all militia organizations (including those forces now

operating under the command of the Iraqi opposition) and the reformation

of Iraq's security institutions.

 

- - Elimination of terrorism and of support for terrorism in and from

Iraq, as well as denial of safe havens and weaponry to terrorists.

 

So folks .. I reckon that at least they have the right ideas. Executing

such programs will not be easy .. but it took the USA 100 + years to

fully implement the provisions of our Bill of Rights and Constitution.

 

Now I'm wondering what fault the French, Germans, Russians and Peaceniks

will find with this movement and whether they still think that sending a

bunch of inspectors to play cat and mouse games with Saddam for 12 more

years or so was a better idea.

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com