A Puppet Government In Iraq Equals Disaster for the US “The will of the people… is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.” —Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Waring, 1801. ME 10:23 After five years of trying to impose an artificial democracy onto the people of Iraq, it’s clear the experiment is failing. Bush’s surge is winding down, and without the American “cops” on every corner, violence is again returning to the streets in Iraq. Why? Because Nouri al-Maliki’s government is not popularly supported by the Iraqi people. It’s a…