I thought Bush already declared this on the deck of that carrier.

I've been saying the "war" has been over for a long time now. There have certainly been hostilities but all of those have been part of a botched occupation not an all-out war. In order to have a war you need a defined enemy and ours seemed to vacillate daily between Shia, Sunni, Al-Quaeda, terrorist-de-jeur.

I'm really not surprised that hostilities have diminished. So many of the targets of insurgents left the country - the doctors, the professionals. It's much like why you don't have a lot of burglaries in the hood. There's nothing to steal. Plus, the various factions have all carved out their little niches and there's very little interaction between them. Such a paradise.

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