Will a "unity" government in Iraq slow the insurgency?

[Neomega]

from http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/st...ff/story/0001/20060429/1201559443.htm&sc=1151

The administration hopes the political progress in Iraq, which came only after a frustrating four months of infighting and amid persistent violence, will be a turning point. If it is, that could pave the way for a significant drawdown in the number of U.S. troops there.

Ok, so far in the month of April, 78 coalition troops have died. This is more than double last month.

I have seen the above paragraph, "The administration hopes the political progress in Iraq...." too many times.

Every time there is a vote, or formation of a government, violence slows for a month or two, bu thten it picks back up right where it left off.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

So, is the fifth time a charm?


I lost the poll, but there were two options:

yes, no more than 78 coalition deaths a month from here on out

no, there will be months with even more than 78 deaths ahead

 

[BasketCase]

Since a lot of other nations (nations that hold elections, I should add) suffer a lot more violence than the above, I say "probably not".

Truth be told, I don't care. And most other CFC'ers agree with me there. Last time I saw somebody post a "freedom or safety" poll on here, about 80% of the voters chose the first one. I was one of the 80%.

 

[Rik Meleet]

Why would it?

As long as the country is occupied, there will be people fighting for freedom.