[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Northern Iraq with the Kurds appears calm.

Southern Iraq with the Shia appears calm, except for periodic agitation by al Sadr.

The Sunni Triangle, which contains a fraction of the population of Iraq, is the main hotbed of unrest, and a small percentage of the people there support the terrorists. An even smaller percentage are actually terrorists.

If we can keep the rest of the country calm, whittle the numbers of terrorists down while avoiding adding to their numbers or allowing foreign fighters to enter the country, and dissipate their popular support, I see little future in their cause.

Just my .02, YMMV.

TR

What sayeth the magic birthday boy with respect to these assessments?

Guy?