and thats because the good has been SOOOOOO underreported? Care to explain? We caught Sadam and hes gonna hang. Whoopie. Did we really need to have our guys on the ground killed for that? We are in a country where there was no hunger for freedom.
Here is why we went into Iraq, in case you forgot.
The Iraqi security forces [military and police] have lost twice as many killed as we have. Civilian losses have been close to 30,000 from terrorist attacks. Still, they have voted up to 12 million strong under threat of death and injury to vote in a democratic government and approve a constitution. Iraqi government officials and their families are being assassinated, yet they have the courage to stay in these jobs to move their country towards democracy. They deserve our support and recognition of their sacrifice. Their is a hunger for freedom.
We are fighting AQ in Iraq. AQ has said that this is their central front against the US. These are the same guys who killed almost 3,000 of our fellow citizens on 9/11 as well as multiple attacks around the world including our embassies in East Africa and the USS Cole. If we leave, AQ is not going away. They will stay in Iraq as well as attack us anywhere else in the world. First and foremost, we are in Iraq and Afghanistan to protect our own national interests. It is part of the WOT.