The falacy of vote rigging in Iraq

I keep reading that the current rules for the referendum of the constitution in Iraq requires a 2/3 rds vote for it to fail. Putting it that way is not nearly as scandelous as saying; It only takes one vote over 33% for it to pass. If anything.. the constitution should require one vote over 66% to pass, not to fail. In our own history, the Constitution of 1789 required a universal ratification. If one state had voted it down, it would have failed.

Only asking for 1 vote over 33% for the Iraqing constitution to pass, does not confer legitimacy. Our government should demand and expect better of the process. The Sunni's have a legitimate complaint.

Frankly, instead of the current process, we should have followed the Gen. McArthur model used on Japan, and just imposed a constitution. Some might be critical of that but fail to recognize that General McArthur went to great lengths to understand the Japanese culture and went to great pains to model the constitution to fit. Months were spent researching and formulating the Japanese constitution. 60 years on, it has proven pretty successful. For Iraq, it is probably too late to change. Too many Iraqis have a stake in the current process.