The United States should help the Iraqi people establish a newfederal system of governance that provides representation for allthe people of Iraq and poses no threat to America's nationalinterests, its allies, or stability in the oil-rich Persian Gulfregion.
Ensuring that Turkey remains a pro-Western secular democracy shouldbe a national security priority. The resistance of member states ofthe EU to giving Turkey a firm date for its near-term accessionthreatens that goal. Washington should implement an assistancecontingency plan that strengthens U.S. relations with its ally.
To counter Iran's increasingly aggressive role in Iraq, the UnitedStates should disrupt Iran's subversive network and raise the risksof its proxy war in Iraq; pressure Iraqi Shiite and Kurdishpolitical parties to distance themselves from Tehran if they wantcontinued U.S. support; and privately warn Tehran that continuedefforts to subvert Iraq will have negative consequences.
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Twenty years ago last week, I watched the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on TV in a hotel room in Amman, Jordan, wondering whether it was good or bad luck that I was not in Baghdad to experience the so-called "shock and awe" bombing campaign.