Good things have happened in Iraq, no one is denying that. But ask yourself, does the good outweigh the bad? The quality of life for the average Iraqi has changed very little. Has it been worth thousands of American lives?
Pseudo-patriotic Republican hubris won't change a thing. The war in Iraq is a waste of life. It has not made us safer. It has not made the region more stable. It has not advanced the ancillary 'war on terror'. It has done nothing but prove to the world that we are inept, paranoid, belligerent, greedy bullies. The bumper stickers are right, Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam. Anyone who says otherwise is trying to get you to vote for them.