Please, keep the coyness to a minimum.
The insurgents are able to conduct these operations because they
have the support of the people, either active or implicit.
We should negotiate with the people and dry up the insurgents
support. As Chairman Mao stated: Guerillas are the fish,
the people are the sea. [or, something similar]
I'm hoping the election will have the effect of giving people the courage to out the insurgency. DQ is right, if the people turn against it they are finished and the Iraqi people win.