Najaf was in the process of organizing citywide elections with the help of U.S. troops when, only one day before registration, the lieutenant colonel in charge got a call from Marine Major General Jim Mattis. “The election had to be canceled. Bremer was concerned that an unfriendly Islamic candidate would prevail … . Bremer would not allow the wrong guy to win the election.
I don’t know about you, but I absolutely LOVE the type of democracy where you only let your person win, or else cancel the election. This was the “democracy” forced on Iraq
