Along that line of thought, this could explain the recent move by the Iraqi government to discuss bringing the "insurgents" closer into the political fold and process by offering up additional political considerations and amnesty to those folks.

An odd comment I heard this morning relayed that the Iraqi government considers the insurgent targets of choice (read allied forces) as attacking legitimate military targets while acting in the defense of the country. The long and short of the commentary was that the Iraqi government is leaning towards accepting the stance of the insurgents (home grown ones that is) that allied forces are invaders and occupiers. Nice hu?

While completely distasteful, the political logic is undeniable. This allows the government to both legitimize these animals and at the same time begin to pit them and the rest of the country against a "common enemy" other than the US and the allied troops... e.g. the foriegn terrorist.