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it's definitely not all foreigners anymore
this is a communal war
the momentum for the "insurgency" comes (among other things) from perceived inequalities in gov't and the security forces...and of course daily violence between the respective sides.
when will it end? good question. i don't think that the training of iraqi security forces is as effective of a progress metric as many in washington have said. in fact, turning over security detail to iraqis might just make things worse, especially if the forces are primarily shiite-kurdish. pulling out of iraq when the country is strongly divided is not a very good solution, regardless of how many people are in the iraqi security force. (furthermore, rapid democratization (with deadlines) may have increased tension between the opposing sides.)
i think a constitutional compromise is a very important element to ending the chaos. this compromise must be reflected in iraqi society. more economic development would be good, too.
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