Two essays on the internals of Iraq from an Iraqi HERE and also HERE. There really isn't a political solution in that Muslim hell hole. They've been fighting for years and will continue to do so til one sect becomes the ruthless dictator we supposedly got rid of. In a weird way it's the fault of the Democratic Party that we are stuck there. If they wanted to win we'd probably get the fuck out in as reasonable way as possible. BTW, above links are to Iraq the Model in case you've already been there.