Because they know that the bulk of the fighting is being done by the Iraqi Security forces and those are not going away. Come what may the Democrat vote is political defeat not a military defeat. That and the fact that with Saddam dead they have no central leadership figure they can "restore" to power. So the Insurgency is splintering into it component factions.
I don't doubt that we are winning...
I just doubt the sincerity of the insurgency groups wanting to put down arms......these aren't the kind of folks that just put in two week notice on their terrorism career and then start posting resumes on Monster.com to become candy stripers......
"Because they know that the bulk of the fighting is being done by the Iraqi Security forces"
Really?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070401/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_march_casualties;_ylt=AiLyF08_fJ0RG8.P5DFUOktI2oc
U.S. toll in March is twice Iraq forces
What is it you are always telling FReepers? Something like, "you need to learn something about . . . blah, blah.?"
Sunni insurgent groups that were previously allied with Al-Qaeda in Iraq have turned against it, killing its leaders, attacking its supporters and vowing to drive it out of the country. At least two Al-Qaeda commanders have been killed by Iraqi insurgents in Baghdad.
Others have been forced to flee after insurgents passed their details to US and Iraqi commanders. Fierce fighting has broken out between insurgent groups and Al-Qaeda in Anbar province, west of Baghdad.