Kasz216 on 28 July 2008
| NJ5 said: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html?bl&ex=1217390400&en=7280f1d67a084de4&ei=5087%0A Seems the insurgency is not over. In a single day, 61 dead and 238 wounded from three suicide attacks. |
Who said it was over? "Winning" isn't having the insurgency be done with. It's having the insurgency be small enough that Iraqi troops can deal with it themselves.
Which should bet the case so long as the largest Sunni group stays attached to the government.
Besides which... stuff like that happened against the Kurds during Sadam's rule as well. The difference was it was state funded. Heck, even that article you've posted shows the "winning" part.
They talk about the negotiations and about how Iraqi forces are being sent to the city instead of US.
