I don't do political commentary and I hope this doesn't qualify but I have heard a bit of grumbling from friends and neighbors about the "failure" of the Iraqis to write a constitution by the original deadline and I wanted to get some observations about that off my chest.
We should all note that it took some time - 16 months - for the Third Continental Congress to come up with the Articles of Confederation (which were something of a disaster). It then took another 11+ years after that (for a total of 13 years from our Declaration of Independence) to draft and ratify our current Constitution and we weren't trying to blow each other up while we were doing it.
OK. I feel better now.
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