I guess not all the details of the day to day running of the place have made it across with equal emphasis.

But if this is the way it's already heading with the "Friends of the US" in place, I have my doubts about the lifespan of any consitution carved now once the ayatollah(s) take over. I can't see the next US president wade back in to defend it after the troops have been pulled out. And even if the UN ends up back in Iraq, it would never be with a mandate to defend it either.

This is starting to look an awful lot like Afghanistan anno 198* I'm afraid.