"The current Iraqi government is in place solely because of the U.S. military occupation. The Iraqi government doesn’t have the popular support of the Iraqi people, nor does it have power or authority."

Pure bullshit. The current Iraqi National Assembly was elected by the Iraqi people and the election had a high voter turnout. The majority of the daily violence in Iraq is caused by foreign Islamic extremists who have every intention of turning Iraq into an non-democratic Islamic theocracy. This comment shows how much you are talking out of your ass, and discredits the rest of you arguments.