Tracy,

>Following that, I have no idea! While democracy is not difficult, it will takes months to organize and coordinate and provide security for elections. Getting people to run, creating political parties, police training locations, training police, government structures, etc will actually take years.

Think a good place to look at is Afeganisthan, and what's going on there. Seems to me their culture is more similar to the Iraq's than the western.

>I am just a citizen at home, so what do I know! Nothing!

Tracy, please, don't be so modest! You are a very inteligent, honest, critic, concerned and engaged woman!

Fernando