The transformation to democracy must be a common goal for the general population in order for it to flourish. .
The main purpose of this paper is to examine the issues stated above, along with providing an analysis of how Iraq can politically transform themselves into a democratic nation. This process, however, will not be simple for Iraq. This is a concept that our violent neighboring nation, the United States of America, must begin to recognize. At point in their history they experienced trouble with political transformation. In the late 1700's, the thirteen colonies of the eastern United States struggled to gain independence from Britain. After gaining independence there was a period of time where citizens were unhappy with the US government. Alike the Iraqis, they did not have the right to chose their own political leaders. Therefore, the United States of America should realize how complicated it can be to achieve complete freedom and democracy. They must be patient when it comes to intervening with the political transformation of Iraq. (Jones 1984).
The beginning stages for a country new to the idea of democracy may be unpredictable. These states have not developed concrete ideas of where they are going either ideologically, or politically. This makes it very difficult now to predict whether democracy will be successful in Iraq, or not. One of the major problems has been the extreme divisions between the various ethnicities living in Iraq. This will be a difficult barrier to overcome. A democratic government will need to make political decisions that will satisfy Shia, Sunni, Kurds and Arabs. That this is an existing problem for the Iraqi government can be seen in the chaos and civil conflicts that have been occurring between the various religious and political factions in Iraq since the 2005 elections. The current government is seen by many Iraqis as little more than puppet government controlled by the United States and its allies.
