The new Iraqi government will make some kind of deal with them to allow a certain amount of smuggling and certain types. Just enough to keep the tribes happy and they'll go after the terrorists (just now with us). That's fine by me.
Some of the tribes have figured out that we're doing a lot of good in Iraq, those will be the ones who will eventually join process. Still, the bad guys will be pretty much left alone and they in turn will leave the government and us alone.
Understand your statements. Have been verbatim saying the same things in other threads. Sadly so much is not made clear and in an orderly manner for our members and the public at large to understand in full regarding the reasons for invading Iraq, and how the SASO has to be conducted, and how long it may take within the framework, a freely democratic permenant government is in place by next mid year or so.
I know it is hard for a lot of folks to keep the faith. Especially when one gets no nut senators hammering away at the military and DoD and senate arm service committee meetings made public etc.. It should be clear that many of these senators have no business even sitting on such a committe. Any negative is super magnified by the L/MSM. Facts are often twisted. And the fact always remains who is conducting this war and assessing how things are going? The senate? The L/MSM? Or is it supposed to be the POTUS and DoD? It pisses me off royally in what I sometimes read at this site, and how I see these mostly self serving jerks continue to beat on the POTUS and DoD. But lordy be if you say you are going to shut one of their home bases down! Ooooh! Boy! Then it is a different story! AAAAAH. Then they jump into real action. Scream that our national security and the WOT is grossly being affected if their home town base is shut down. Wake up folks.