I think it's also a way of undermining the charge that the US is there to steal the oil, or use Iraq as a base to attack Muslims in the Middle East. The US Says, hey let's go six months without a car bomb, a kidnapping, cops executing people in the middle of the street, political executions and we'll be gone.
It's done as indicated for domestic political consumption but at the same time, I can't help but think the Sunnis are looking for a lifeline.
The one that can give them a chance to slaughter and kill and retake control and destroy the new republic.
That is their ultimate goal. They have not moved away from that even at 20% of the country's population, they are focused on mayhem.
I'll feel better when I see their howls of pain and continous protests as victims.
Then the other 80% of the population can sleep better.
But don't expect the media to tell you that. Look how long it took them to even let the American public see the truth of who the Sunni are and what they've been doing.