I'm skeptical.
1 - I've talked with a number of Army guys who tell me the Iraqis they've worked with will say, "Don't trust us. Like us, maybe - but if my family is kidnapped and their lives in danger, I may become a danger to you." So the idea that we just need to trust Iraqis seems false.
2 - Nothing in the article explains why the Iraqis hate fellow muslims (sunni vs shiite). If their hatred was born of Americans disrespecting their culture, why do they kill so many of their fellow muslims?
"If their hatred was born of Americans disrespecting their culture, why do they kill so many of their fellow muslims?"
Rhetorical question, right? They kill each other, they kill us, they kill each other, they kill us, it's been that way for 1300 or so years. There's something wrong with these people between the ears.
And I saw thenation.com too and read a little, but they are so totally compromised I'm not wasting my time. I have a book to finish in the family room and I'm headed back rat now.