Perhaps we need to divide the country into "states" and let each rival faction rule their own "state".

That's kind of how the U.S. started, right? We were 13 colonies, and in the beginning, we didn't work well together, either.

Perhaps the U.S. keeps the "safe zone" between Iraq and Kuwait with a military presence, as a "safety measure". While we're there, let's pay ourselves off in oil, for the expenses of the war.

And we can get rich selling arms to the warring factions (like we have done traditionally).

Glen Austin