"Iraq’s democratic and more importantly constitutional structures that were put in place as a result of 2003 and U.S. direct involvement have weathered 12 years, ISIS seizing one-third of the country, a simultaneous drop by 50% of its main economic driver oil, and conflict with Kurdistan."
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James Jeffrey, as quoted in "Iraq’s Surprise: The Persistence of Democracy" (17 November 2017), by Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal
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