[fortheDeclaration]

On a comparative basis, which nation do you think was further along in their respect for individual rights, the United States three years after its constitution was ratified or Iraq three years after its constitution was ratified?

Are you kidding me?

This nation was built on Biblical principles of self-government and individualism.

Islam rejects both.

[vbmoneyspender]

We had slavery for the first hundred years of our country’s existence and Jim Crow for the next hundred years. Given that Iraq has started off with no slavery, no Plessy vs. Ferguson type segregation and with every citizen, including women, having the right to vote, I would say that the Iraq citizenry are doing fairly well in grasping the important particulars of democracy.