The Three-State Solution
Just heard about this on ATC: Leslie Gelb in today's NYT Op-Ed. He takes the historical parallel between Yugoslavia and Iraq - both cobbled together out of the remnants of empires defeated in WWI - and suggests the lesson of one is applicable to the other.
The only viable strategy, then, may be to correct the historical defect and move in stages toward a three-state solution: Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center and Shiites in the south.
Haven't read it in detail yet, just skimmed... but from the interview, it sounded worthy of posting for discussion here.