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Article: Iraq's constitution: Our Islamic state.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2005
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The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday, Aug. 24:
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President Bush can call the draft Iraqi constitution a "landmark," an "impressive" advance, "another step forward." He can stand outside his vacation resort and say that "democracy is unfolding," and that the constitution "is going to be an important change in the broader Middle East." But the president's words can't change reality.
The reality is that the quarreling religious and ethnic factions in Iraq have not reached a compromise on a constitution. The reality is that the last-minute negotiations, which excluded the rebellious Sunnis, have deepened ...