When the US first occupied Fallujah there were a lot of people who weren't too worried about it, and even welcomed them, the way you do when an occi=upying army moves in and you thinbk there's a chance things will at last get calm again. That included the mayor of the city.

The situation today is one which was brought about by misjudgement and mis-management.

"Insurgents", "terrorists" - why not go back to the old term that was used in the days of the Indian Wars in the USA, and call them "renegades"?