Democratic Installation, U.S. – Iraq relations

Image a situation in which you were told to choose, but not from the choices that you felt best fit but from pre-chosen options, which you had no choice on. Sure this type of thing happens everyday, but not on the level of governmental systems. The Iraqi people have experienced this as of recently.
With the anniversary of the September 11th tragedy this week, the world is closely watching progress made between the U.S and the Iraqi people. The war to remove Hussien and his regime is now over, and the recovery period and the installation of a governmental system is now underway with heavy U.S involvement.
There is however a few questions pondered by many young adults that have followed U.S and Iraq relations since the war so commonly believed to be fought in vain. How can the U.S implement a democratic government in another country?
Doesn’t this go against the roots of democracy that our country is so solidly based if the U.S determines and so strongly suggest those that should lead in Iraq?
The president and prominent neo-conservatives have called for a democratic revolution in the region, starting with the free election of a democratic government in Iraq. But democratic elections and a U.S.-friendly regime do not necessarily go together.
The U.S. government claims ultimately that the fighting in Iraq was to promote democracy, but what type of democracy? The U.S. appears to be organizing the “installation” of a government for Iraq- but not a pure democracy free of outside influence but one geared toward U.S gains.
But how democratic can an Iraqi government be if the U.S identifies the potential leaders for their country.
It seems to many that the U.S is involved in a life-sized game of puppetry. The U.S has not only identified those that they feel fit to fill the role of democratic leader, they have chosen an array of Americans of Iraqi descent. How democratic is that? – We will tell you who is qualified to lead your country and you the Iraqi people choose from the candidates that we have provided.
If the U.S. wants democracy in Iraq, why doesn’t the U.S. organize an election in Iraq in which Iraqi citizens step forward and identify themselves as candidates and run for election? Why must the U.S. identify the candidates instead of the Iraqi people themselves?
If the U.S. wants democracy in Iraq, why should the U.S. military govern the country in the post war period? If it is a matter of security, the U.S. should provide for open elections immediately, giving this new Iraqi government control of its own oil wells and financial assets.
On the contrary, the U.S has the right idea in mind about the Iraqi people have a democratic government, but ultimately the skepticism comes from U.S methods.