I can’t be called a success. The promise was stability. That didn’t happen. I feel horrible for anyone who was killed or injured. But in retrospect a pre-emptive war with shaky reasoning is not good for anyone unfortunately.
The war was a success.
The aftermath was a mish-mash.
And Obola unilaterally surrendered.
Bush should have partitioned the country, giving the Kurds their own homeland. We should have provided military aid to the Kurds.