[Straight Vermonter]

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

[PGalt]

I’m not going to say that the execution of this war was perfect. But if one knows the tiniest smidgen about military history, one knows that a “perfect war” is an absurdly high standard. As wars go, this one has been tremendously effective.

Thanks very much for the ping, SV.

The greatest success in the history of the armed forces of The United States of America with the help of coalition partners and Iraqi citizens.

Thanks for posting, Dawnsblood. Iraqi freedom BUMP!

[rockthecasbah]

thanks for the ping - great article

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping.

Another related article ...FR Thread :

McCain Takes Obama to School on Iraq

[Ben Hecks]

Thanks for the ping, SV. There’s a way to go but thus far we have denied the terrorists control over Iraq’s vast oil reserves, isolated Syria from Iran and left the mark of human kindness on countless numbers of Iraqi children.