Giving life to constitutionally defined political institutions is far more important to the course of Iraq’s immediate future than the specific provisions that the constitution contains. That has been the missing ingredient, not only in Iraq, but also in other countries ruled by despots.
赋予由宪法规定的政治制度以生命对于伊拉克的近期未来而言远比宪法包含的具体条款重要。这一点就是伊拉克、也是其他由专制君主统治的国家所缺失的要素。