Putting a bomb on Zarqawi's house is a tactic. It is not a strategic goal. We keep getting back to the fact that we went in without clearly articulated strategic goals, didn't even make them up as we went along, and the defenders of this policy, such as you, don't even know what a [-n achievable] strategic goal would look like
“Putting a bomb on Zarqawi’s house is a tactic. It is not a strategic goal.”
Eliminated threats to the security of an allied, democratic Iraq is a strategic goal. Killing leaders of AQI is part of this strategic goal.