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That's quite a bit of wishful thinking mixed in with a heavy dose of pixie dust. Most of the current fighting is political in nature. Religious extremists, Iraqi nationalists, Shia Sunnis, kurds, etc; all those factions have one thing keeping them in check, our military. Iraq is in sixth place on the "Failed States Index" above even Afghanistan.
And as hopeful as we'd all like to be, no one has any idea what will happen once we pull our finger out of the dike.
That doesn't mean we are not winning.
There was an unfortunate learning curve for the American Military in Iraq, mainly it was that can't allow d-bags like Bremer run the show.
Just take a look at the violence levels and tell me that the "tides" haven't turned-- even if it's temporary.
Sure there was the recent violence (probably complements of al-Qa'ida in Syria) in Tikrit, but the Mosul isn't fighting with weapons, they're arguing politically. People are no longer afraid to walk the street.
Could this turn around and dwell into some failed statehood like that of Lebanon in their civil war? Yes. Is it 100%? No. is it Likely? Depends on who you ask.
But you cannot discredit that, currently, we are winning in Iraq.