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We sometimes hear that Islamic fundamentalism is "inconsistant with democracy".
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From my modicum of understanding the issue is that the only real authority is meant to be god, therefore man made governments are somehow unholy. I'm not sure how it all works in practice or in places like Iran.
The bigger issue in Iraq is the extremeist external elements that are stirring up trouble along the lines that divide the different sects of Islam. Kind of like the catholics and protastants killing each other. Unless those rifts can be healed there will never be a stable democratic government. That takes decades of peace, at least. It took Switzerland centuries.
And for fucks sake, make a goddamn Kurdistan already, you'll solve about 3 conflicts in one.