Dwayne Monroe wrote:

>The essay contains important insights but misses two
>critical factors:

>1.) Time is on the side of the insurgents.  

>All the Iraqi guerillas have to do
>is keep it up for a solid year or two and a crisis
>will explode domestically in the U.S.

You may be right. OTOH, the US is in Afghanistan for 18 months. Why Iraq should be different? Further,Iraq is hardly the typical guerilla country. It's open, flat desert.Less difficult to dominate.

Ulhas