Re: Iraqi Elections..... is the insurgency weaker?
The insurgency has been getting steadily weaker in a military sense for quite a while. They used to be able to threaten important targets like Iraq's oil production infrastructure. Now, they often seem to select targets which have little military or economic significance.
The elections are a big political blow to their efforts. If the citizens and political leaders of Iraq's different cultural groups are able to form and maintain a working government, the game is won. All that's left is for the new Iraqi government to complete building a military which can defend the country itself.
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