Bremer Describes a 7-Step Process of Political Evolution in Iraq

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Bremer Describes a 7-Step Process of Political Evolution in Iraq
Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority administrator op-ed in Washington Post

(This column by L. Paul Bremer, administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, was published in the Washington Post September 8 and is in the public domain. No republication restrictions.)

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Iraq's Path to Sovereignty
By L. Paul Bremer III

(L. Paul Bremer is the administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.)

Five months ago today the brave men and women of our armed forces were completing the liberation of Iraq's 25 million citizens. It was a tremendous military triumph. Gone are Saddam Hussein's torture chambers. Gone are his mass killings and rape rooms. And gone is his threat to America and the international community. The liberation was a great and noble deed.

It is fair to ask: What is next?

No thoughtful person would suggest that the coalition should govern Iraq for long. Although Iraqis have freedoms they have never had before, freedom is not sovereignty and occupation is unpopular with occupier and occupied alike. We believe Iraqis should be given responsibility for their own security, economic development and political system as soon as possible.

So, then, how can we get Iraqis back in charge of Iraq?

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http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0309/S00117.htm

I couldn't find this anywhere else on DU. Did I miss it yesterday?