Who could fail to be frustrated that the plan for Iraqis to form their first postwar constitution has met with deadlock after deadlock, necessitating extension after extension of deadlines for completion? The best-laid plans of mice and men....
But in our least placid moments, one must consider that democracy is a difficult thing, and so therefore is compromise. Politics can sometimes be a matter of exquisitely painful delicacy. It is, as they say, the art of the possible.
It should come as no surprise to us that in a land where democracy was suppressed for so long, extreme desires overwhelm the willingness to accommodate interests other than one's own.
Give the Iraqis time. Despite the hurry that we all seem to be in, time for the newcomer to learn is something that the world can still afford, such is the value of democratic governance everywhere. Let's give democracy its due in Iraq.
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