Five years isn't long at all. But we haven't been in Iraq five years, anyway...just fighting the War on Terror that long.
If somebody made mistakes especially in the British sector, address that, not the length of time. Postwar Germany was a mess for years after World War II. The NYT wrote articles about how it all was to h*ll in a handbasket.
Also, don't give too much credit to this puke "journalist" from the defeatist, antiAmerican, antiBush Socialist country of Britain.
***One FReeper's Opinion***
Make that the opionion of at least two Freepers.
"Also, don't give too much credit to this puke "journalist" from the defeatist, antiAmerican, antiBush Socialist country of Britain".
I wonder why the ENTIRE world hates your guts when you talk about your allies who have fought and died in the same dirt and sand as your precious Americans as you just did about the British.
Instead of doing the decent thing and commenting on the sorry news that more British soldiers have died supporting YOUR war, you have a go at our Army, our people, our nation and our bravery in the face of the enemy. The nation of Britain has never shirked a fight, against all odds and have never dishonoured the nation when in conflict. They give everything they have, their blood, sweat, tears and when there's nothing left, their lives.
You haven't earned the right to talk about a nation you know nothing about, and disrespect the lives of the soldiers who deserve something more than some xenophobic Anti-Anglo Doodle spewing vast amounts of sewage in his fat wake.