" It isn't losing or winning, the democratically elected Sunni leaders know the only ones who will win a civil war in Iraq are Iran and al-Qaeda so they are trying to make a list of conditions that would statisfy enough of the Sunni public that they would have the power to tell most Sunnis that it is not worth it to give up the fight. Otherwise the elected Sunni leaders could never get most of the domestic fighters to stop. "
they will stop when there are no more of them to fight
over there, and on this, there is no grey area, comply and survive or die. IMO, that is the only logic they understand at this point
again IMO, untill a few generations have had a chance to grow into democracy, we will see more of this
The vast majority of Sunnis are either on the fence or supporting the Iraqi government.
The only thing that could change that is a civil war.
Zarqawi and Iran know that.