The Latest Draft of the Draft

I kind of get tired of all the comparisons of what Iraq is going through these days to the travails and experiences of our Founding Fathers. Pardon my western chauvinism but even the most scurrilous slave owner seems enlightened compared to most Sunni leaders. Yet for the first time perhaps a comparison can be drawn. Kurd, Sunni and Shia leaders have agreed to get together next year to consider amendments to the constitution. This seems to me similar to the agreement to approve a Bill of Rights to our own constitution in order to secure passage. Granted I do not expect Freedom of Religion or anything forbidding cruel and unusual punishment being enshrined, but that is besides the point.