NationStates Jolt Archive

I recently saw some things about Iraq that if anyone could get more info for me I would enjoy. It was only a couple minuets long, but it was about the US's attempted security mesures that have recently been total failures. In a month that was supposed to be totally secure in certain places, those places have been the most violent, and most costly to US at the hands of guerrillas. However, in many many places, there is total peace and no-one dies. Why? Beucase the Muslim Chliques say "enough Violence here." and Violence Immeadetly stops, No Insurgents. No bombs, No shootings. When they say the word Everything stops. All militant activity leaves the Area. Shows how much the US has achieved *cough* nothing. Anyways, could anyone give me more information on these events? it was breif but very interesting.

we barge in, blow up their house, kill their brother in the crossfire, sit them down, and tell them to shut up and let us handle things.

did anyone really think this was going to work out all right?

they listen to the people they've always listened to: the religious leaders.

and in a time of religious civil war, where we stand back and do nothing but watch the chaos, you really think any of the religious leaders are going to waste their time saying "be nice to the Americans"?