3 or 4 car bombs one day each week isn't going to win Iraq.
Killing Sistani or flying a plane into a US military base would go much further though.
There are a number of eventualities that the US has to protect against. In the future we need to make sure sites like the Golden Dome are well secured. I know it shouldn't be our job, but it is as long as the Interior Ministry sucks.
Of course not when the good news via balanced reporting isn't conveyed also.