The incessant bleating of the "occupied Iraq = occupied Germany/Japan" analogy is fatally flawed.

In occupied Iraq, between 1 and 20 occupiers are killed by hostile fire every day.

How many occupiers were killed by hostile fie in postwar Germany?

How many occupiers were killed by hostile fire in postwar Japan?

Go look it up. I did. It was ZERO.

So, if it took five years to establish a self-government in postwar Germany (with no hostilities), how long do you think it will take in Iraq?

Will it ever occur in Iraq with occupiers hunkered down in their compounds except when they go out on pacification raids that occasionally kill or wound the civilians we are trying to liberate?

Hmm, does this seem familiar?

I know, I know, it's just more hair shirt crap. Everything's going according to plan, Everything's going according to plan, Everything's going according to plan, Everything's going according to plan, Everything's going according to plan, Everything's going according to plan...