Re:On the terrorists ad hoc C3 (Score 1)

That is silly. The Americans have absolutely no plans of leaving Iraq. Look at the constructions of gigantic fortresses and palaces all over Iraq, larger than those of Saddam. They want to stay in Iraq and control it, at least for decades until the oil supply is exhausted. There is only one possibility of the American forces leaving Iraq, and that is by admitting defeat, like the Sowjets did by pulling out of Afghanistan, and the Americans by pulling out of Vietnam. This is the goal the insurgents are fighting for and which unites them, liberate Iraq from the occupation troops. What will happen after that is not their concern right now. Unlike the Yugoslav Partisans in WW2 or the Vietcong they don't have an organization to unite them. Some want an Islamist state, some go back to the Baath rule, and some just control for their ethnic group. There most probably won't be peace after an American retreat, but the insurgents don't care about that.