The notion that a US presence in Iraq will ever cause a stable government to form seems a total pipe dream now...
The US military should move to Kurdistan and let the Iraqis figure out what to do with Baghdad...but there should be clear instructions left that the oil money is to be used for all Iraqis...not just to enrich the dominant Kurd and Shia politicians and their parties.
The US military will have to stay in Kurdistan to protect Turkish interests in the region caused by the newly independant...and possibly now oil rich Kurdish parties... That inevitability is seldom even discussed in the media...but ultimately it will be...and it could provide the Exit Strategy that is now so highly sought after in Washington.
