Iraq: what's so hard about negotiating?

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/03/19/iraq_sunni_insurgency_kills_6_more_us_troops/


In this news article, it talks about how the Iraqi Sunni killed more Americans and how they don't plan to stop. "The issue that we're all trying to figure out is how best do you get the Iraqis to reconcile their differences -- because, after all, this is not going to be solved by the military. It has to involve political reconciliation in Iraq, among Iraqis," Gates said on the CBS show "Face the Nation." This quotation is a prime example of how fighting with the Middle East isn't as simple as people think it is. American's are fighting against people who think nothing of themselves in order to kill thousands of people. How can you possibly fight against that? It's to the point where even leaving your house to go to the supermarket is dangerous. America's trying to get the Iraquis to "reconcile their differences", because America realizes that this isn't going to be solved by force or military; it would never end. It's more of an Iraqi problem with themselves, than an America vs. Iraq problem. The U.S is trying to get Iraq to negotiate, because as dangerous and useless as it is to stay in Iraq, it would be even more dangerous to pull out. If that happened, you would leave a country with no political direction, and would put America in the number one spot for Iraq's next ist attack. They attacked us before, they'd definitly attack us once we've got them angry. Frankly, in my opinion, this is a no win situation unless Iraq negotiates, and people are going to continue to die until they do.
-BC