I'm with you. Iraqis are responsible for their own actions due to their religious sectarianism: Shiite vs. Sunnis. They have been disagreeing and fighting each other for ages. This is nothing new. It's very tribal.
Take Russia for an example. The Russian mafias are alive and well and control many industries through the use of violence, blackmails, etc. Is Gorbachev to blame for such societal corruptions for implementing his Perestroika reform which eventually toppled communism in the Easterm Bloc? Would Russia be a better place today if Communism did not fall apart? Just look at Cuba and North Korea for examples.
When I stayed in Russia 9 years ago, people over 35 (in general) wished they were still living under Communism. They told me there were no unemployment, no beggars on the street in those days. You didn't have to look for a job. The government assigned jobs for you to do (that means they don't know how to compete to get a job like the rest of us do in capitalistic countries).
Almost ALL people 30 and under (that I talked to) LOVE the new Russia. They love the opportunities to travel freely to Europe...to see other countries. For college students, they love to be able to choose their own subjects to study. They love the opportunities to buy their own food of choice with no government restrictions on how much each family can buy. They love European fashion trends and movies from Hollywood! They love their new freedom and wide spectrum of choices compared to what their parents had gone through in their lifetime.
Look at Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and other modern Arab states. These are Muslim countries. Looking like an Emo is NOT a crime. Being a homosexual is a crime in some of these countries.
For the Iraqis, they need to learn to be responsible for their own actions on how to coexist with various religious sects in their own society. They need to learn how to deal with changes in their own society. They need to learn how to govern themselves. If they continue to enforce their tribal rituals and thinking, then stoning will continue. If enough Iraqis feel strongly that stoning of Emo Iraqis is wrong, then they need to stand up and do something for themselves! Just like the Egyptians was fed up with their own government, they started a revolution that toppled 30 years of Mubarak's dictatorship.
Iraqis have to shape their own future collectively.
