Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, to protest a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. The mass show of opposition comes as the United States and Iraqi leaders try to build support for the accord that would extend the presence of American forces in Iraq beyond the end of this year. http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Iraq-...4e1b8f//s:/ap/20081018/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq Isn't this again "hand twisting" by the Bush admin? Where is the democracy in Iraq? Where is the respect of other countries independence? What example US is giving to the world again?