The problem in Fallujah, and probably this place now, is that we have no hold on the people that take over after our forces leave, so they find it easy to work with the resistance.
I advocate taking the families of these people hostage in order to ensure their loyalty. That is an ancient custom that has worked well in many times and places and would work well here, too, but I guess we're too nice for that.
We can't afford to be nice.
It's working far better in Fallujah than you realize. The bad guys are running rampant now and the town, that was full of hostile Saddamites are now wishing we'd come back in and get rid of them. When the time is right, we, along with the IP will go back in and the people will be grateful instead of joining in with the terrorists.