Thanks. I too hope that goodwill will overcome the flaws in the Iraqi Constitution. I can't be certain, and I see a system on the thin edge of stability that might be brought down by relatively small conflicts. But it might work. Despite the rhetoric about Liberals hoping for failure in Iraq, the truth is that most of us understand that the alternative is awful to contemplate. This has to work, warts and all.

Something just occurred to me in regard to making it work: Did you spot a mechanism for revising the Constitution? I don't remember one. Let's hope that an amendment system makes into the final document, otherwise the deficiencies will be set in stone.