Iraq, as much of the Middle East is a makeup of tribes...that for generations, er, for CENTURIES...have been taught that other people not from your tribe are either trying to get you or holding you down already.
These seeds of hate are planted from the time they are toddlers. The Palestinian-Jewish "problem" is the epitome of the example.
Until we start killing them ( the current insurgency) by the thousands, you're going to keep reading about " 49 Iraqi soldiers on leave are summarily executed on the roadside....", etc..
Absolutely correct. Ruthlessness will never be defeated by anything less than ruthlessness.