Bolstered by notorious figures from the country's violent past, the rebels claim to have steadily gained strength, although their exact numbers remain unclear.
But during this exact same period, the US has also, steadily and continuously, become more and more unequal, the gap between rich and poor widening to a level that now threatens the very stability of these disunited states.
Exact numbers are not available, but they have been growing steadily since the start of the conflict, and some say there has been a big jump since the latter half of last year.
Exact figures are unknown, but that number has been rising steadily in recent months.
Kurdish-Arab tensions have grown steadily worse as Baghdad has become more assertive within a federal process in which exact sovereignties and territorial demarcations remain disputed.
Exact numbers are not released, but the number of visiting Westerners has grown steadily ever since North Korea opened its borders to Western tourists in 1987.
While exact numbers are hard to quantify, departmental resumes and anecdotal reports suggest the trend is steadily upward.
(The exact numbers were: Obama 46.8 per cent, Romney 47.7percentnt). During the past few days, President Obama has steadily closed the gap and moved into a slight lead.
The company won't release exact figures, but many millions of people are using the app every single day, and the numbers are steadily growing.
The reality is that measured inequality has been rising steadily for close to 30 years and hit successive new highs in the Carter, Reagan, elder Bush and Clinton administrations before doing the exact same thing under the younger Bush.
