> Iraqis hadn't been able to choose their
> leaders at all in recent decades, even by some strange process
> where
> they chose unknown leaders. But this process is not a model for
> anything, and would not willingly be imitated by anyone else in
> the
> region. The 1997 elections in Iran were much more democratic, as
> were
> the 2002 elections in Bahrain and Pakistan.
Has anybody heard of democratic elections in North Korea and China?
Ulhas