The secret to success in Iraq.....Lionel Richie!

I asked Richie if he knows just how big he is here. He said, "The answer is, I'm huge, huge in the Arab world. The answer as to why is, I don't have the slightest idea."

He has performed in Morocco, Dubai, Qatar and Libya. There is obviously something up there. The more we talked, the more he theorized as to the reasons his music might be so popular here. He thinks it is because of the simple message in his music: Love.

Richie says he was told Iraqis were playing "All Night Long," on the streets the night U.S. tanks rolled into the country in 2003.

So here is the plan. We send Lionel Richie to broker a peace between the Sunnis and the Shiites. If they refuse to work things out he will just grab a microphone and start singing "Three times a lady" until they start hugging each other with tear stained eyes. This will inspire them to put their differences behind them and burst into the chorus for "Endless love".

I tell you it is genius!