Iraqi Insurgency - Why and what motivation...

An interesting paper out of a Washington Think Tank. It is curious that the media never addresses why this is going on. What is the goal of destabilization? What is the aim of the extremists? Just ousting the US seems to obvious and simple. They would leave sooner if things just settled down... Or would they?

Reading further you begin to realize the insanity of the why. The claim is that it is just to create an extremist anti-western state. A breeding ground for hatred and a void of understanding. The West doesn't deserve any more or less compassion than anyone else. Well, maybe less. But one also has to ask if this is clever Republican propaganda. Critical of the Bush Administration, but still inciting fear, and drumming up support of the need to control the situation in Iraq.

Maybe I need another does of Occam...