Have we really been fighting for Islamic rule?

The preliminary count from Iraq's election confirms that the main Shi'ite coalition will dominate the new Parliament. The next PM of Iraq will be someone who wants Islam to be the official religion of Iraq, who wants the Koran to be the main basis for writing a Constitution, who will take directives from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani when writing the nation's laws, and who will be very close to Iran. Considering the celebrations and self-congratulations of neo-cons and other Bush supporters about how well the Iraqi election went, it's time to ask if we've really been fighting for Islamic rule throughout the Middle East all along, intentionally or not.

-- via Plastic

But it was first found on the Christian Science Monitor, which adds (which was NOT quoted in the Plastic snippet):

However, Bayati says he doesn't expect the emerging government will be dogmatic. For instance alcohol, which is forbidden in Islam, will probably remain legal. It's that degree of flexibility that holds hope that while Iraq's Shiites will be the dominant force in the emerging order, they won't impose rules on Iraq's divided population that could lead to more conflict.

"We're a majority but we have to be careful that we don't create other problems, like political isolation or breed more terrorism,'' Jaafari says.

Comment: I'm particularly curious as to whether Isalmic Economics will play much of a role in the emerging Iraqi economy and how that will effect the flow of oil.