To avoid stereotypes about Arabs, Middle East, US, etc..... let's consider another situation: China, first half of xxth century.
After the creation of the Republic of CHina in 1911, Mao's communist organization and Chiang Kai Shek Nationalist organization fought against each other for decades. What was at stake was the control of the whole country.
Everything changed after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931. From this time Mao's troops and Chiang's troop united against the common enemy: Japan. They had a double objective: struggle against Japanese occupation of CHinese territory, and for each of them establish enough influence, or directly enough power to ensure they would win the final struggle against the other CHinese faction. At the end, the Japanese surrendered to the nationalist army, but then Mao's Long March happened, along with WWII, and the final outcome was the proclamation of the People's REpublic of CHina in 1949 by Mao Tse Toung.
ISn't the same thing happening in Iraq: all factions unite against a common invader (it's always easy to use nationalistic feeling against a foreign invader), and every faction is trying to establish position to ensure the final domination of the country.
Marseil.
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