Why Iraq is still a liability to the US Government.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

It's not 'Saddam Loyalists' behind the attacks. I can't see an old man in a hole in the ground running a network of guerrillas, particularly if he had to move every 3-4 hours. The insurgents are Nationalists. They are not fighting for Saddam, they're fighting to get a force they view as an occupying power out of their country. The administration (which always refers to 'Saddam Loyalists') cannot use the proper term for them, because it starts to raise some awkward questions among voters about the US presence in Iraq.
Furthermore, the rationale is flawed. The other reason Iraq is in such a state is that it is an artificially created amalgam of mutually loathing ethnic groups who were flung together by British Civil Servants. Under a dictatorship, these tensions can be subdued through brute force. Remove the force, and the state falls to pieces. Iraq is the new Yugoslavia. Count on it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Yup

Do you think it will break off into three separate states? Or do you think the US will listen to Turkey and strongarm the Kurds into remaining a part of Iraq?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. The US will try and strongarm the Kurds, I think. Whether that works

Who knows?