The invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by the United States was launched on the basis of motivation. However, one of the major motivations which animated the United States and its allies of the "coalition" was the creation of a "stable and democratic" Iraq by hoping for an effect of "spill over" on the other countries of the area of which instability was perceived as a threat.
In 2007, it was time to draw a first assessment from a four-year old operation and to evaluate the rebuilding of Iraq and its possible progress towards the way of "stability and the democracy". This means that it had to meet the two objectives which the United States had laid down in its process of state-building.
With this intention, one can refer to the definition of the State of Max Weber, "a political company in institutional matter when and as long as its administrative office asserts successfully, in the application of its payments, the monopoly of the legitimate physical constraint on a given territory". An attentive examination of each one of its criteria will be necessary to determine if one attends the rebuilding of the Iraqi State.
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[...] These local groups also have links with other countries, including Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, which each have their reasons to maintain a climate of instability and whose vectors have different influence starting with the community divisions that exacerbate conflict. Violence in Iraq has gone through several phases. The period following the invasion of the United States has seen an increase in looting, kidnapping mafia and daily violence. Subsequently, Al Qaeda has managed to establish itself and began to hit the coalition led by the United States and international organizations. [...]
[...] First, they are all invited to participate in important decisions. U.S. forces have a decisive influence on the Iraqi government. As Trent Duffy, spokesman for the White House said, "it is an Iraqi process, but the United States are doing everything possible to assist them to comply with their obligations and deadlines." The vectors of influence of the United States are innumerable, since they concern the safety of government itself, and government installations. Oil wells are the main source of government and they are the ones who lead the troops as well assist the Iraqis on the ground. [...]
[...] Bibliography Sites Internet http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6495753.stm http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/26/world/middleeast/26sunni.html?_r=1&hp&oref =slogin http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/world/middleeast/02cnd- iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/baghdad_navigator/ Rapports Rapport du International Medical Corps, Iraqis on the move janvier 2007 (http://www.imcworldwide.org.uk/documents/Iraqis_on_the_move.pdf) Etude du Lancet, Mortality after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cross- sectional cluster sample survey octobre 2006 (http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/images/journals/lancet/s0140673606694919. [...]
[...] The police and military forces are largely dominated by Shiites and are often refused entry into the Sunni areas to the point that cities such as Ramadi and Fallujah have their own police force, separate from the government. Special forces themselves have often been in the spotlight, accused of engaging in kidnapping and torture against former Baathists or ordinary citizens. The scandal underground prisons, where hundreds of Iraqis were tortured, and has only recently emerged. At the level of ministries and public services, the situation is even more deplorable. [...]
[...] The illusion of democracy: a manipulated state It would be simplistic and above all totally incorrect to reduce the policy of the Iraqi government to implement a dictated from Washington or the Tehran program. It has its own political agenda marked by tribalism, sectarianism and patronage. The main failure of American reconstruction is the absence of true democracy. The elections of January 2005, presented as a success by the United States because the participation rate of were mainly seen as a manipulation for the benefit of Shiites who have been able to unite around a single party, the Council Supreme of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). [...]
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