Wait, Wait.....Wait....Okay...Wait....

I'm confused. Considering that we're in Iraq to build a democracy....
From the Asia Times Online:

Call it desperation, but the United States has started to take measures in Iraq that would wreck its most cherished goal there: democracy.

US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad is reportedly campaigning to either dump the United Iraqi Alliance's (UIA) candidate for prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, or force him to withdraw. Khalilzad has taken the drastic measure of appealing to the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to that effect.

Um...what...?

Could someone please explain to me why we're sending our young people to die in Iraq? Oh wait, we know that already.