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...addition to repairing an infrastructure in shambles, the Coalition also needed to jump-start the Saddam-era Iraqi economy...
...More recently, there have been signs that new strategies—military and civilian alike–have begun to make a dent in the insurgency and encourage the development of a working Iraqi government...
...People got tired of the violence, and average Anbaris and tribal leaders started working with coalition forces and with the Iraqi government,” said Munir...
...Senor said that while the costs are exorbitant, he believes a premature U.S. withdrawal would lead to a failed Iraqi state that would require eventual re-occupation...
...What remains? Two things seem clear. First, setting aside their sometimes murderous internal difficulties, the Iraqis outside Kurdistan have shown little inclination to divide their country, still believing a united Iraq to be the only viable long-term solution. Second, there is no way in which a continued American presence can make any substantial improvement to the effectiveness of Iraqi national government. Thus, the Americans are simply postponing the day in which the Iraqis themselves have to address their own problems in their own way. Whatever happens, there will be conflict and confusion when the Americans leave, with a fierce...