The needed accommodation will only come about when the Iraqi political leaders are forced to take the difficult political steps required to cease the violence in their country. such as building cooperation among competing sects and sharing oil revenues among all regions in Iraq. And regional nations incentives. particularly Syrias and Irans. change toward stability when the United States is no longer there in the midst of a civil war. And these nations will have to bear the consequences of further strife. with refugee flows to their countries and the possibility that these relatively allied nations could then be joined in a proxy battle to their detriment. Ending this war is necessary but insufficient. and Mr. Speaker. bow we end it and by what means is of even greater importance for the troops safety and our own security.