Iraq (2004)
Iraq (2004) | Iraq’s Oil Resources May Hinder Future Development
Ask pessimists why Iraq will never be a democracy, and they most often cite its ethnic and religious divisions. A post–Saddam Hussein Iraq, they warn, could devolve into an Arab Yugoslavia,1 with open warfare between the Sunnis, Shia, and Kurds, and with Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia taking sides. Optimists . . . respond that a federation could manage these divisions. Except that federations don’t work well in countries where mineral wealth is concentrated in potentially secessionist regions, as the experiences of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the former Belgian Congo attest. And most...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- An American Attack on Iraq Is Justified
- An American Attack on Iraq Is Not Justified
- Liberating Iraq’s People from a Cruel Regime Justifies War
- Liberating Iraq’s People Does Not Justify War
- A Failure to Find Iraq’s Weapons Calls into Question the Justification for War
- War Was Justified Even If No Weapons of Mass Destruction Are Found
- The War on Iraq Heralded a Positive New Direction for American Foreign Policy
- The War on Iraq Heralded a Dangerous New Direction for American Foreign Policy
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The United States Is Failing to Establish Order in Iraq
- The United States Is Successfully Establishing Order in Iraq
- The United States Should Embrace an Imperialistic Role in Iraq
- The United States Should Reject an Imperialist Role in Iraq
- America Must Involve the United Nations in Rebuilding Iraq
- America Should Limit the United Nations’ Role in Rebuilding Iraq
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Iraq Should Have a Secular Democracy
- The Iraqi People Do Not Want a Secular Democracy
- Iraq Needs Transitional Rule by a Strongman
- Iraq Needs a Transitional Government with Dispersed Powers
- The United States Should Permit Iraqis to Elect an Islamic Regime
- The United States Should Not Permit Iraqis to Elect an Islamic Regime
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Iraq’s Prospects for Democracy Are Good
- Iraq’s Prospects for Democracy Are Poor
- Iraq Needs a Federalist System of Government
- Iraq May Need to Divide into Separate Countries
- Iraq’s Oil Resources Can Lay the Foundations for Future Development
- Iraq’s Oil Resources May Hinder Future Development
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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