Are you suggesting the war’s going well? What’s the metric?
Well, one metric is to ask if the insurgency has won any of its agendas or battles. The answer to that would be no. The insurgency has not thwarted the political process in Iraq, has not kept Iraqis from voting, has not kept Iraqis from joining the Iraqi armed forces, and has not won a single military battle.
On the other hand, the coalition and the Iraqi government continue to gain ground on the political front and in reconstruction.