Quote Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
I agree that a Tet style offensive is unlikely. AQI just doesn't have the initiative or the resources right now. And AQ-proper is focusing on Pakistan, to great effect. The insurgency is too fractured to coordinate throughout the country.
Regardless, time and space heals all, and to my knowledge it's not clear at all that AQI and or any of the unreconstructed insurgent groups have entered a vicious cycle where they cannot regroup and launch a game changing counter-offensive. I'm also worried that the American electorate isn't been properly braced for the possibility.