Serious question - What was the plan? What is the current plan?
Not looking for an argument here. I just simply don't remember. What delineates victory in the War On Terror, as envisioned by the "Powers that Be"?
Similar to my question {#22}.
I believe the initial intention was to establish a self substaining Democracy, an Iraqi army and police force capable of providing sufficient security for the populace from both interal and external threats.
All this was to happen within 2 1/2 years of the invasion. By this time (now) we would have a permanent base established with a contingent of only a 30-40000 soldiers deployed similar to the what we have in Korea.
The benefits of a permanent base in a stable moderately friendly oil rich ME country that happen to border Iran are obvious.
You are like most Americans. Its the WH fault for not reminding people of why we are there and that is why the polls are bad.