2006 is disheartening but for whom? Maybe the number of Iraqis killed is a crisis for the USA and not for the Iraqis themselves?

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The Observer Journal - Observation Leading to Insight: 2006 is disheartening but for whom? Maybe the number of Iraqis killed is a crisis for the USA and not for the Iraqis themselves?

2006 is disheartening but for whom? Maybe the number of Iraqis killed is a crisis for the USA and not for the Iraqis themselves?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6067958.stm

Military spokesman Maj Gen William Caldwell said there had been a "disheartening" 22% rise in attacks in Baghdad since the end of last month. Who is disheartened and why? Is it really a crisis when the Iraqi government tells the USA one thing yet does not take action? A disheartening rise in attacks but maybe the number is still too low for the Iraqis? Way too high for the USA but still not a crisis for the Iraqis?