Author: Marc Lynch
November/December 2008
Foreign Affairs
U.S. troops in Iraq may guarantee security, as Stephen Biddle, Michael O'Hanlon, and Kenneth Pollack argue, but they will not bring about political reconciliation, which is the key to stability. A commitment to U.S. withdrawal is more likely to get Iraq's leaders to compromise.
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