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How to achieve national reconciliation in Iraq without really trying:

Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of “occupying forces” as the key to national reconciliation, according to focus groups conducted for the U.S. military last month.

That is the one thing we haven’t really tried: getting the hell out of the way.