Iraq, it didn't take long!

And Salah Mutlak, who headed an independent Sunni slate, said, "I don't think there is any practical point for us for being in this National Assembly if things stay like this."

Well it appears that those like Professor Juan Cole were right when they said the elections in Iraq would not only wouldn't improve things might might even make them worse.
Sunnis Allege Fraud, Demand New Iraq Elections

BAGHDAD, Dec. 20 -- Sunni and secular political parties angrily claimed Tuesday that Iraq's national election was rigged, threatening to leave in shambles the delicate plan to bring Iraq's wary factions together in a new government.

Faced with an emerging strong victory by the religious Shiite group that has close ties to Iran, the minority Sunnis demanded a new election and hinted darkly that the violence of the insurgency would be accelerated by the suspicions of fraud.

"What would we tell those whom we indirectly convinced to stop the attacks during the election period?" demanded Adnan Dulaimi, a chief of the main Sunni coalition. "What would we tell those people who wanted to boycott [the election] and we convinced them to participate?"

The preliminary results, he said, are "not in the interest of stability of the country."

Although it should come as no surprise the the the Islamic Shiites with ties to Iran would appear to be in control.

But the initial calculations showed that the Shiite religious list had overwhelming victories in 10 of Iraq's 18 provinces, including the most populous, Baghdad. The Kurds swept the three northernmost provinces where they are based.

The hopes of a secular government were dashed when Allawi's party came in a poor fourth in the voting.

Above all else it appears obvious that the Bush administration lost the election. The new government will be forced to ask the US to leave or lose all credibility. No permanent military bases and no control of the oil resources for the Bush administration's friends in the oil industry. As we had expected the real winners are probably the Iranians. And one thing is certain, the insurgency will continue and probably increase with the Sunnis feeling left out.