Is this not what a Democratic Republic is Supposed to Provide the People?

Text of Nationally Televised Address to Iraq by Ambassador Paul Bremer

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-Bremer.html

"Militias also threaten security. Ultimately, Iraq cannot be secure, free and united if people can set up armed militias and define the law of the land to suit their own ambitions. That is why all armed elements in Iraq must be controlled by the central government, not just now, but during the next government and the next and the next.

This applies equally to those armed groups who fought valiantly against Saddam's tyranny. For some time we have been engaged in talks with these groups over how their members can be integrated into Iraq's armed forces or move into civilian life. I urge our partners in these talks to move quickly to comply with the Transitional Administrative Law, including those provisions which prohibit militias and other armed groups."

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I received this in from one of my news subscriptions, the Privacy Alert. I then went out and read the speech, and the lines above truly stuck out, along with many others...

However, now you know why the new Iraqi Constitution does not have anything like the united States Constitution or Bill of Rights (which should have labeled the Restrictions upon the Central Government, because that is what these words actually are). Interestingly enough is the lack of an amendment similar or identical to the u.S. Bill of Rights Second Amendment.

I remember last year, when the first drafts of the Iraqi constitution were spoken of in the news, and comments were requested by the u.S. Government, I telephoned the White House, and suggested that we give the Iraq's our's, particularly in light of the fact that our government was no longer using it- I was hung-up upon…

Oh, and by the way, just how many governments, "...during the next government and the next and the next.� are the Iraqi people going to get?

--WP