[MNJohnnie]

That what victory looks like in a Counter Insurgency. Eventually the more moderate of the Insurgences are turned to help support the Govt. The hard cored get killed and you have peace.

[corlorde]

The one key element I think we have learned from our support of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviets is, we have to prevent the void that is created once there is an element of success. We need to ensure that a Taliban like regime doesn’t come to power in Iraq, and we do that by supporting the Iraq security forces and reinforcing them. I believe the average Iraqi realizes that Al Qaeda and company are a dead end path to nowhere.