See: Iraq the Model for an inside view of Iraqi sovereignty:
Another friend approached me. This one was not religious but he was one of the conspiracy theory believers. He put his hands on my shoulders and said smiling, ?I must admit that I?m beginning to believe in what you?ve been telling us for months and I?m beginning to have faith in America. I never thought that they will hand us sovereignty in time. These people have shown that they keep their promises.?
It’s not the promises that count, it’s the follow-through.