Well, here's how, so far. This is the first few, and there are many more illustrations in the citation.

"The Iraqis promised to achieve, by the end of 2006 or early 2007, the approval of a provincial election law (so far, no progress);

"approval of a law to regulate the oil industry and share revenues (while the Council of Ministers has approved a draft, it has yet to be approved by the Parliament);

"approval of the de-Baathification law to reintegrate officials of the former regime and Arab nationalists into public life (no progress); and

"approval of a law to rein in sectarian militias (no progress).

"By March, the government promised to hold a referendum on constitutional amendments (no progress).

"By May, the prime minister committed to putting in place the law controlling militias (no progress);

"the approval of the amnesty agreement (no progress); and

"the completion of all reconciliation efforts."

Meanwhile, 10 more Americans died over the weekend in the struggle to buy time for this fledgling "democracy".

Arf