Read the news.
We are fighting the entire goddamned country now. The use of excessive force has alienated the folks to the point where the US controls only parts of some cities. Period.
Not even all of Baghdad. Not the roads, highways, rural areas, damned little.
Oh, they control it while they are there in force, and the minute the forces leave, it's back.
Good news my butt.
Oh, and the US controls the oil fields.
Arf