Three truths about Iraq

1) 80% of the people of Iraq want all foreign troops to leave the country.

2) There are three separate cultures in Iraq; to the far north,the Kurds; in  the near North. the Sunnis; and in the South,  the shia. None of these three want a strong central government.

3) The majority of the people of Iraq do not want a democracy; they want to go back to a theocracy.

Given the above it is going to continue to be a difficult situation for the Allied forces.