Reply #108: I already addressed that in the above post [View All]

[IrateCitizen]

What I would propose is a UN team to head up the short-term political needs of Iraq that would function primarily as an intermediary between the various factions of the country, helping them to work together and figure out what kind of future government would work best for them -- and go about helping them make it a reality.

What would stop them from splitting up is mutually-vested interests. That's the whole point of setting something up that actually gets them TALKING to one another, and forces them to sit down and work out their issues with one another. The UN could do this MUCH better than the US ever could.