Just as the violence got ramped up in the lead up to the handover, it's been ramped up again in an effort to turn the American election. Until November 3rd, it's gonna be everything plus the kitchen sink time in Iraq.
Sadly, our military and political leadership are likely unprepared for the Sunni Tet Offensive that is going to explode soon.
We never seem to be ready for the easily foreseeable. It's going to get bloody; I hope we have the stomach to kill about 4-5000 of them.