The Oncoming Surge: Who Are We Friends With?

Rumsfeld and Casey covered up those Shia reprisals against Sunni Muslims. The wild card in terms of like the Shia militants relationship with the US is al-Sader. By this point, Sunni militants weren't so necessarily opposed to the idea. And besides Abu Musab al-Zarkawi, there was no long term resolution that was going to be reached by pursuing such a campaign.