[infidel29]

The difference the nay sayers never get is that between the war against Iraq, which ended with the famous "Mission Accomplished" banner, and the war in Iraq which we are fighting, along with the Iraqi military, against global terrorism.

Those we fight against in Iraq are not Iraqis, but Iranians, Syrians, Al-Qaeda fighters from foreign nations as well as Al-Qaeda members who are Iraqi.

Iraq just happens to be the current front in our war against Islamic terrorism. That war was never going to be a quick one, and no one in the Bush administration ever said it would.

[rlmorel]

Important distinction, it is roundly ignored.

[FreeReign]

The difference the nay sayers never get is that between the war against Iraq, which ended with the famous "Mission Accomplished" banner, and the war in Iraq which we are fighting, along with the Iraqi military, against global terrorism. Those we fight against in Iraq are not Iraqis, but Iranians, Syrians, Al-Qaeda fighters from foreign nations as well as Al-Qaeda members who are Iraqi. Iraq just happens to be the current front in our war against Islamic terrorism. That war was never going to be a quick one, and no one in the Bush administration ever said it would.

Exactly right.

[Alberta's Child]

Iraq has basically degraded into the religious/ethnic conflict that a lot of us predicted it would become. Calling the U.S. involvement in what is basically a civil war a "global crusade against terrorism" is a misleading characterization of what is going on over there.

[fragrant abuse]

"Those we fight against in Iraq are not Iraqis"

There's no question that some of the worst atrocities being carried out in Iraq are by foreign jihadis but claiming that we are not fighting ANY Iraqis is a fantasy. There are pleny of ex-Ba'athists who are still fighting.

We're not Dims, let's deal with reality.