To this observer, until the American presence is ended completely in Iraq there can be no viable and lasting political solution. Our unnecessary meddling (invasion and occupation) has created the present political instability. To expect us to be part of the ultimate political solution is American hubris. Only the indigenous Iraqi rivals can do that in their own inimitable way. The last time this writer looked that didn't include us.
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