IRAQ: SHOUTING NOT SHOOTING

Here're a few headlines on the current parliament meeting going on in Iraq:

Iraqi parliament clashes over speaker - Globe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours ago Baghdad — Iraq's fledgling parliament failed Tuesday to agree on who would be its speaker, with the interim prime minister and interim president storming out
2nd Iraqi Assembly Meeting Breaks Down Amid Accusations - New York Times - 2 hours ago BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 29 - The second meeting of the new Iraqi constitutional assembly descended into a series of contentious exchanges today, as some members ...
Iraq Lawmakers Fail to Agree on Speaker - ABC News - 3 hours ago Iraqi workers are seen preparing for the Iraqi National Assembly session in the heavily fortified Green Zone area in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday March 29, 2005. ...
Iraqiparliament in uproar over stalemate - Independent Online, South Africa - 3 hours ago By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and

I'd say that the news from Iraq is GREAT: they're SHOUTING to resolve their political conflicts and not SHOOTING! Sure, it's a messy process - BUT THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRACY IS! I have faith that the human beings who live in Iraq can make the difficult transition into self-rule as well as we did beginning in 1789.