at the table with me this morning earl katagnus, assist apt professor of history at valley forge military college, and also at this point nerd land s sort of voice on what we are doing in eye rag and a journalist who has reported extensively in iraq and is senior editor. thank you both for being here. i want to start with some of what we heard from ayman. let s begin with this question about the leader. is it can taking your class by going back and trying to read and thinking about how old these divisions are, is it unreasonable to expect that any given leader through sheer force of personality or will could bring together these groups? in other words, is partition inevitable at this point? it s a great question. when i was there in 06- 07 the leadup had been the number of elections and i interviewed a number who preceded maliki and spoke of themselves as founding fathers. equa