Regarding the Andy, Jonah, and Michael conversation about the Iraqi constitution, I join them in hoping that it fully respects the rights of women. But I also hope we all understand that there are limits to what our demands can accomplish. It’s not our country, and Iraqis ultimately have to make these decisions, even if we can certainly try to influence them. Unfortunately, most Iraqis are not Western liberals. Pretending that we have the power to make them into Western liberals over night, or anytime soon, is an illusion. Would that our demands were invested with such magical powers. Then we could demand an end to the insurgency, a fix to the electricity problem, an end to all ethnic and tribal loyalties, and the rapid secularization of Iraq. And all our problems would be solved!