petition iraq into three states the question has been on the table since 2005 or so. how do you rebuild iraqi institutions? how do you rebuild the iraqi state on more solid, legitimate foundations, or more inclusive national unity foundation. how do you bridge the crisis of trust between the various communities? it's easier said than done. this will take a long time. we're talking about ten years. that's not the question. but in fact if you want to have lasting peace in iraq if you want to have to hammer the nail in the coffin of isis you need to work in a long-term structural part that is rebuilding state institutions even though it's flooding complex, it's costly that's really the most effective means to waysically end this particular state of war that has been taken place for the last 30 years, not just since the american invasions, the iraq in 2003. the members of saddam hussein's