necessary. but everybody told me if malaki doesn't follow up on this, if he doesn't reach out, if the government isn't inclusive. if he doesn't share power and the distribution of resources down to the provincial and district levels, this will all collapse. you could say american troops should have stayed longer. but you weren't going to hold things together if eventually we didn't change or malaki didn't change. i think what has to happen now is to rethink the structure of this government. you know, the kurds, for all practical purposes, are autonomous. the shia areas in the south are much their own masters. i think there is going to be some brokering of autonomy or semi-autonomy, especially in the sunni areas to put them on an equal par with the other two. if that doesn't happen, you're just going to see this chronic problem repeating itself time after time. >> it would mean and perhaps we