race to a constitution

at the outset of 2003, two international events loomed on the horizon: the treaty of nice (took effect feb01) and the war in iraq (began mar20).

the EU currently faces a constitutional crisis due to the dual 'non'-'nee' votes by france and holland, with even more difficulty on the horizon.
meanwhile, the newly formed constitutional committee drawing members from the iraqi transitional national assembly must draft a constitution to be approved by referendum.

the august 15 draft deadline and october 15 referendum mean that iraq may have an approved constitution before the EU.
maybe jon stewart can come up with something clever for that (a la 'messopotamia' for iraq)

¶ - nitish @ 2:50 PM