Yes, I suspect that most freepers now more or less agree...at least if the current lack of "quagmire jokes" (which were quite pervasive here back in 2003) is any indication. The daily carnage there speaks volumes.
Iraq was a quagmire before it became a quagmire. Same with all the other kingdoms in the Middle East. We were content to let the kingdoms produce little more than local quagmires until they decided to export them to downtown NYC, the banks of the Potomac and farmland of PA.
Since my World History classes in High School-- the names of these kingdoms hadn't changed in these Shi'iteholes. That was in 1986.
Now we've forcibly changed 1 of them. Removed another regime in the perpetual Afghani quaqmire. Transported the Libyan centrifuges to a location you can visit off Hwy 40 in Tenn. Effectively kicked the Syrians out of Lebanon without firing a shot. Have the Egyptians talking of ending decades of "Emergency" rule. Have the Saudi's recognizing women as more than vassals for sperm.
Now we've pushed the quagmires back into their own backyard. You must periodically beat back the Mohammedan.
On the contrary. It's been one of the most astounding successes in military history. The "daily carnage" pales in comparison to what has happened during a typical war. There is more "daily carnage" on US highways.
Include me out of that one. The paucity of Polish jokes here doesn't mean we've turned Polish, either.
The insurgents are reduced to murdering Iraqi civilians, rather than attacking our military. It's more a matter of murder now than war.
And I very much doubt the murder rate in Iraq is any worse than the murder rate in Washington D.C....
You've been a member of the DNC for how long? Don't bother posting your idiotic and ignorant garbage here.