[Valin]

What makes you think they don't?

[reagan_fanatic]

What makes you think they don't?

The continued level of violence for one. al-Quaeda and the others couldn't operate at this level for this long without some degree of cooperation from the general population. Two, the historical reaction to the 'occupiers', which is us. Their natural reaction to us being there is to hate us and want us out, which complicates what we are trying to do - deny the islamists a base from which to operate and give the Iraqis a chance at freedom.