Insurgents more realistic than Democrats?

Jules Crittenden:

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It is noteworthy, though the AP can’t quite bring itself to note it, that the anti-al-Qaeda Sunni insurgents have advanced beyond the Democratic congressional leadership in their thinking:

Khalilzad said the talks have shifted from “unreasonable demands” by the groups for a US withdrawal to forming an alliance against al-Qaeda. He said the effort has gained support among tribal leaders and even some insurgents.

“Iraqis are uniting against al-Qaeda,” he said.

* The AP in this article grudgingly leaves out the kind of helpful interpretive graphs that usually are added to explain how Sunni bombings threaten Shiites, who no longer feel safe because the Mahdi Army bolted, and all of this threatens the fragile surge, blah blah blah. That stylistic habit would dictate a couple of graphs here to explain that by capturing the leaders and underlings of a major Sunni carbomb ring in Azamiyah, the Iraqi and US forces made be building confidence among the Shia, while the Sunni tribes and insurgents clearly are gaining confidence in the Shiite-dominated government as well as a high degree of comfort with an open-ended US presence.

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Most Sunnis see the danger in a US withdrawal even if they say they want it. At least their negotiators are willing to be more realistic about that the John Murtha.