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CIAO DATE: 07/05
Trust the Iraqi People
On the Issue
June 2004
Michael Rubin
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Abstract
Iraqis initially greeted U.S. soldiers as liberators, but as the occupation has continued, the paternalistic approach of the Coalition Provisional Authority has bred resentment and stunted the development of responsible local institutions. Democracy in Iraq can only succeed if Iraqi citizens are allowed control over the political process as their country nominally regains sovereignty.
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