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Iraq as a "Failed State"?

With all of this talk about another delay on the "draft" constitution, talk is accelerating about Iraq as a "failed state". Our friend and hero, the Googleteer(TM) flew in the window & performed this search:

Iraq "failed state" - google Search

There are almost 66,000 web pages that discuss Iraq and "failed state". Can the country be held together? Should the country be held together? Is it better to have 1/3 of Iraq come out of this mess as a fundamentalist Islamic republic or to face a full-out civil war that could result in the entire country becoming an Islamic republic?