Which best describes the relationship between the afghan-soviet conflict of the 1980s and the u. s.-iraq conflict that began in 2003?
a. both were viewed by islamic extremists as foreign occupation of holy territory that must be withstood.
b. both were viewed by the united states as justified occupations of territory in the name of nation-building.
c. osama bin laden participated in the first one as a jihadist and in the second as a general in the iraqi resistance.
d. the soviet action was condemned by other global powers, whereas the united states had a high degree of multilateral support.

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.