Because of poor and skewered intelligence over 9/11 and WMDs we have gone to war in Iraq - and we went into this one unprepared militarily and without a defined mission.
Winning, of course, is the objective, it always is in war. But how will we define victory?
If Iraq gets a stable, elected, democratic government? If we put down the insurgency?
Will either of those accomplishments bring back the brave warriors we have lost? Will it bring back the innocent Iraqis who have also died for this cause? Will it weaken al Quaeda or stop them from sneaking across our open borders? Will it ease the animosity that we have created?
In other words ... suppose we win.
Whenever we leave, as we have promised to do, can we assure anyone that the Sunnis, Kurds and Shiites won't start killing each other again? If they do, are we committed to go back again - and again? Will Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Egypt allow an Islamic democratic government to flourish? I think not.
So even if we win we lose and at a tremendous cost of lives - and billions of dollars.
We have been told that leaving Iraq will embolden the enemy. It may. Being there has already done that and continuing to stay there will do that also. If we are going to embolden the enemy I would rather do it with less loss of lives.
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All wars result in deaths and wounded, but this one is different. It's different because we attacked when we were not attacked. Our goals were for profit not for ideals. We were lied to and we found out about the lies, because of the new revolutionary information access. I predict that this war will be the last war, because of the internet. Now, we will know the truth before we go in. Is that wishful thinking? I hope not.
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