Why I hope Iraq votes no...

Iraqis voted on their constitution today. High turnout. Good. I hope the constitution fails. If Sunnis realize that they can actually affect the political future of their country in ways other than killing babies of people that mildly disagree with them (in the Arab tradition), then perhaps the insurgency will die down a bit, and Sunni civil society may flourish through political organization.

If the constitution passes, the Sunnis will feel as if they've been steamrolled (in a more mild form than they've been steamrolling everyone else for 30 years), and the insurgency will continue.