And PS
Armed Iraqis paid by the US, doing the US's bidding, are mercenaries.
Neocons will say it's for the good of Iraq.
Bullshit. It's for the good of the US, and the interests of the US are not the interests of Iraq.
That's easy to explain - that's why there is fighting.
No matter how you twist and spin reality to get it to fit into that pretzel in which no WMDs, nukes or democracy, no threat to the US, is still a reason to go to war.
Arf