"Under the view that I’m proposing, the only thing that the occupier holds in trust is the temporary authority to govern. It’s exactly the same as when we elect a government, that government has authority only until the next set of elections."

#NoahFeldman, 2005

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/01/what-we-owe-iraq-interview-noah-feldman/

What We Owe Iraq: An Interview with Noah Feldman

A former adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority on the ethics of nation-building and the promise and perils of Iraqi elections.

Mother Jones

"So my view entails much greater obligations of responsiveness and oversight than any other models do. And it assumes that in the relatively short-term future, authority will be transferred to the people who are being subjected to occupation, in order for them to divine their own political interests, and govern themselves."

#NoahFeldman, 2005

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/01/what-we-owe-iraq-interview-noah-feldman/

What We Owe Iraq: An Interview with Noah Feldman

A former adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority on the ethics of nation-building and the promise and perils of Iraqi elections.

Mother Jones