Katz, Mark N.2010-08-302010-08-302007-02-02https://hdl.handle.net/1920/5926© 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Deposited with permission from UPI.com.Whatever else has gone wrong in Iraq, the Bush administration can point to the fact that free elections have been held there and that a democratically elected government is in place, albeit not really in power. But can Iraq emerge as a functioning democracy if American forces leave -- or even if they do not?en-USInternational affairsDemocratizationIraq War, 2003-2010Article