As a follow-up to this, I note that the American administrators of Iraq have also said that “limited sovereignty” does not include the authority to make laws. As far as I can tell, limited sovereignty encompasses only the power to wash the windows in Paul Bremer’s office.

Undersecretary of State Marc Grossman said, “The structure of the government…should not be overly large.”

Gee, maybe we in the United States should hope for occupation.