The Iraqi elections have been embraced almost universally as a great victory for the forces of democracy

By Scott Ritter

The fact, however, is that the Iraqi elections weren't about the free election of a government reflecting the will of the Iraqi people, but the carefully engineered selection of a government that would behave in a manner dictated by the United States. In Iraq, democracy was hijacked by the Americans.

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