There are over 5 million Iraqi's, who's hearts and minds have been won that would argue with you. You should walk the streets and talk to them. The vast majority of Iraqi's have received no violence from the insurgency. The Sunni's have learned a lesson with regards to voting, but the Iraqi government is still going to give them more of a voice in their new government. The Iraqi government and the overwhelming majority of civillians have been won.
The British sector is not in the Al-Anbar Province for intentional reasons. The U.S. military can deal with the hardened areas easier than other nations. Look past the surface. Don't just mention the selected facts that agree with you. It's easy to have a peaceful area, when the enemy doesn't care about it. There are sectors run by American Army that are peaceful too. The American Marines are all in the places where the insurgency has decided to make their stands and the Marines are the ones that are chasing them from Fallujah, Najaf, and to the Syrian border. The tactics you described is exactly what every nation over there is doing. Nothing special.
I promise you that the Syrian and Iranian tactics reflect a people that are desperate. They know they have lost with regards to Iraqi civillian support. This is why most all of their violence is directed towards them and not to us anymore, especially, since the elections. It's turned into punishment and they are trying to scare them into stopping their working with us. We have Syria and Iran surrounded. We could attack Syria or Iran within a year if we wanted. The personnel, gear, and plans exist. Do you really think we've spent all that money on Iraq's defense with complete disregard to possible future events? From building the Iraqi Army to building airfields near Iran and Syria, the American military has planned for future possibilities. Do you really think that the 500,000 member Iraqi military isn't prepared to attack where we want them to in order to stop the insurgency? Why do you think Iran is trying to develop the nuclear threat that North Korea was allowed to develop? Apparantly, France and Germany see this. That's why they are jumping all over our band wagon lately. Funny, how Iran's breaking of UN rules is important, but Iraq's wasn't. Of course, with under the table arms deals and oil scandals, we now know what their agenda there was. Iran and Syria see what a threat us being in Iraq and Afghanistan is. This is why, Iran and Syria are crapping their pants and sending tens of thousands of fighters to their deaths.
The American military didn't need any help hitting Iraq. Where we knew we would need it was in the occupation. This is where our Allies failed us and the Iraqi civillians. They would rather watch Iraqi civillians be murdered and point fingers at America than do the noble thing. Call it what it is.
Israel isn't the only free nation in the Middle East. There is Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. These countries do not reflect American democracy, but their citizens are free to prosper and free of oppression from their governments. They don't have to worry about their children and wives being raped in the name of "Allah". They don't have to worry about being executed, because they don't have a picture of their dictator in every room of their houses. Israel is the only Jew nation. As far as Israel treating a certain race as second class citizens, no ****. Find a nation on Earth, including America, that doesn't do that. It's not any worse as anywhere else. Face all of the facts of the situation and not just the selective ones that suit your agenda.