Talking to our enemies? We've won the hearts of the locals and common people. They're very much like us. They want many of the same things Americans do. Clean water, good jobs, good schools, safe communities, a little plot of land to call their own. Like in America it's the little guy who will do most of the working, fighting and unfortunately the dying to win this thing. This is the same group that the Iranian insurgents and Saudi AlQeada made really mad. You see, they're all too chicken to actually face the Iraqi Army or American forces. They like soft targets. Schools, markets, road side bombs and the like. Any where they can hide a bomb. Generally they'll have 2 or more planted. The first one is to hurt civilians, the second and third are to target police and rescuers. Real brave.