...that they do. Other information suggests exactly the opposite, that the ranks of islamic terrorists is swelling more than ever precisely because we are occupying Iraq. And, unfortunately, the Iraqis themselves have proven to be untrustworthy partners. We can't count on them in a pinch...they run and quit at the slightest threat.

The problem is that we are dealing with a county of 22 million people. All it takes is a small, replenishable percentage of those motivate to join the insurgency to create havoc and destabilize the country. The suicide bombing in Iraq has exceeded that of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict- and we're are smack dab in the middle of it.