READ MY LIPS IRAQ DOES NOT HAVE A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT, not only are all these people appointed, lots of them live and work in the U.S. Everybody I'm reading seems to think this is democratic. It's a step toward a possible democracy. The Shia majority wants a Shia state governed by Shria Law and you better be ready for it. The current government is NOT Iraqi, it's exiles. Not a democracy by any stretch of the imagination.