One cannot remove control from people and expect them to behave properly. Unless we form some type of government in Iraq in the short to medium term, there will be a continued deterioration in security. The Americans are taking a hammering in the Baghdad area, which will continue until Iraqis embrace the international community and ask it to assist. The perception must be changed from one of the Americans as occupying forces to forces which are assisting to bring peace at the request of the Iraqi people. The Iraqis will, in turn, use existing models to bring forward local government and establish law and order in their own country. We must redress the imbalance and remove the perception of the Americans as occupying forces as a matter of urgency.