Chappy.. It can be argued we have corporatism here. 10% of the population has control over 90% of the capital, I believe. Capitalism lends itself to a few profiting while most do not.

What I think will happen in Iraq is one of two things. Mostlikely, we're going to be there for the next 10 years or so to ensure Iraq can function as a democracy with capitalism as its economic reality. OR, we're going to jump ship early and the same oligarchs that had control before the war will once again take the reigns of the economy.

Either way, I think that an oligarchy will establish itself in Iraq- either the old returning or a new class of resourceful capitalists. Fairly common in single-"crop" economies. Unfortunate, but we can look at the Russian Federation as an example of how when the reigns of power are changed, the people usually have very little power or economic opportunity as a result of that change.