Has the US made progress in Iraq?

From Latif: This particular article focused on the changes that have been happening in Iraq lately. Althougt there has been a recent case of a female suicide bombers lately killing 20 Iraqi people, the new US commander Gen. Ray Odiern, says that he sees much improvement within the Iraqi borders, but I haven't seen many changes that have occurred since the invasion or Iraq.
This issue relates to our, on going class, discussion on anarchy. Iraq, during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussian and then June 2004 sovereignty was returned to Iraq, was in terrible condition and probably the situation has worsen over the years. It has been quite a while since the US took over in Iraq, and still the changes are very apparent. In a short CNN video, they showed the ceremony that was held when Gen Ray Odiern was made the new commander of the US troops in Iraq, where the General is expected to control the violence , and meet with Iraqi government leaders. Its going to be very hard for the US to restore, a government that the Iraqi citizen with abide by, many Iraqi citizens are being killed in sucide bombings and the death toll rises, for both the American troops and the Iraqi people. I'm not quite sure how the US has made progress in Iraq, ever since their invasions and how they planning on improving the government since the citizens are not fully cooperating.