Victorious?
Sardr roaming Shia terriotories. Sardr's puppet runs Iraq. Iranian munitions pouring over the border. And, our great leader does what? At least Truman and MacArthur set the Japanese straight and got an unconditional surrender. And. MacArthur had the balls to keep the Soviets out of Japan unlike Ike in Europe. Between 1941 and 1945 we won a world wide war. For the past four years we are still fighting a runt bunch of tribes. Somehow, i think Saudi oil money is buying our leadership off across both major parties to keep the war teetering on the verge of defeat. I see nothing to praise Bush about his war leadership.
Most of Iraq is peaceful...and doing quite well. For this our President as leader deserves all the credit.
He inherited a royal mess and has elevated the conflict to where it should have been all those years: in the battlefields of the Middle east -—if we do not, the battlefields will come home to roost. The enemy is here already and those who do not believe it are being disingenous.
As for the way we fight vs the way we fought in WWII—Unlike the Axis Powers in the 40s, this is an ideological war and as such is the second chapter in the Cold War: sometimes hot and sometimes cold. The enemy’s “armies” have infiltrated thoughout the world and no amount a bombing can destroy them all. Especially if many of them are already here.
Establishing a secure bastion “front” in Iraq will go a long way to establishing a “beachhead” so to epeak for further action in the region in the future.
Oil has supplied the Islamic terrprist with the means and motivations to continue their terror into the distant future. When the money pot dries up (as it will) the impetus to terrorize will too.