[Oldeconomybuyer]

America and our allies went far beyond removing a dictator. It’s now up to the people of Iraq to determine their fate. God bless our troops.

[LZ_Bayonet]

Veni, Vidi, Vici!

[Bryanw92]

It’s 1973 again. I hope the US Embassy has a nice helipad on the roof.

[A.Hun]

We have won the war in Iraq. Our troops are coming home honorably, leaving tens of thousands of dead jihadis and a free nation behind.

Besides our troops, one man's vision and courage are responsible. That man was George Walker Bush.

When the chips were down, the MSM was in full control of the public discussion, and with his own base becoming weary, President Bush had the guts to persevere. The Surge heartened the Iraqis enough to end the brutal anarchy. The Sons of Iraq, common Iraqis, stood up. I, like President Bush, knew the Iraqis could....I knew it from the first election when Iraqis of all stripes defied the jihadis by giving them a purple finger.

This will be GWB's legacy, because it is the truth.

Already on this thread, there are posters who consider the war a huge waste of time, money, and men. They are wrong. We rid the world of a madman that tortured his own people, wiped out innocents with chemical weapons, threatened and invaded his neighboring countries...deep in the most economically sensitive area of the world.

We had fought one war with him to run him out of Kuwait, spent ten years chasing his WMD, and enforced a no fly zone to keep thousands of more innocents from dying at his hands. He had plotted to asassinate a former President.

We ended Saddam's reign of terror in the Middle East, all his dreams of WMD, and his threats to our security.

As a bonus, we had a venue to kill all manner of Al-Qaeda operatives on a foreign soil, instead of waiting for them to come here, or ferreting them out of the caves of Afghanistan. They came by the thousands from all over the world, and died in Iraq at the hands of our soldiers and at the hands of Iraqis.

In fact, the brutality of the jihadis was on display for years, giving them a huge PR defeat. Arabs learned by experience that jihadis would target them, rather than the Americans who could fight back. The war in Iraq nearly destroyed Al Qaeda, set back international jihad for decades, and showed that the US could back up its words with deeds.

This war had value beyond measure, and was well worth our soldiers sacrifice.

Now we are leaving a relatively peaceful nation, with a functioning representative democracy chosen by their people, and enough infrastructure to support themselves. They are free from tyranny, and we have given them the chance to remain that way. It is now up to them. I can only pray that Obama's failure to keep some forces stationed in Iraq will not come back to haunt them and us.

Our troops deserve to come home now, and should receive a hearty "Job Well Done!". They earned it with professionalism, courage, tenacity, and sacrifice. GWB deserves credit for standing firm and giving them the opportunity to prevail.

Thank you President Bush!

[Flint]

I’m sure that now that the war is “over” The Messiah will be making a triumphant visit to Iraq. He will want to greet the people and talk with all the peaceful Muslims there. Don’t cha know they would be so honored for him to walk the street of Bagdad and for his lovely wife to have a cheese burger in one of the street markets. Peace at last, peace at last!

[Kakaze]

This is the last Iraq war for American Troops. The next time we cross the Kuwaiti boarder, it will be to invade the western provinces of greater persia.

This is far from over.

[Grunthor]

About time.

[ducttape45]

This is a bad, bad, mistake. Mark my words........

[upcountryhorseman]

Watch Iran fill the vacuum!

[bigheadfred]

“We won”

WPTG (Whistling Past The Graveyard)

Next time, the government needs to pull their collective heads out. Their TN heads...

Start with ummm, maybe some B61’s and work up from there.

[Truth29]

Forecast for the near future. Most of Iraq will become a chaotic client state of Iran, with lots of Sunni and Shia killing of each other. The Kurds will try to maintain an independent zone in the North and then Turkey, Iran and the Iraqi central government will move to destroy the fledgling Kurdistan.

[pterional]

This war will go down as a failure. One trillion dollars spent,4400 dead, 30,000 + wounded for what?? We basically removed a Sunni dictator and turned the country over to Shia Islam . We didn't get any oil in return for our efforts and the people we handed the country over to hate us. Between Bush and Obama our Middle East Foreign Policy has been a disaster. We have destabilized the whole region and turned power over to Iran, Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda.
The only good thing I can say about Bush is he was a better choice than Gore or Kerry. He was not a conservative president. He was a open borders president that pushed free trade and destroyed our industrial base and raised our debt with a prescription drug plan and no child left behind.

[CodeToad]

Iraq is done for, doomed. They will fall to even more violence immediately. We never should have went there; killed, Saddam, yes, but never stepped foot in that catbox.

[dragnet2]

Outside of Iraq costing tax payers trillions, costing thousands of American lives, what exactly did we win?

Even the cost of fuel went through the roof..

[WalterSkinner]

..it will be interesting to see what happens with the Montagnards—I mean the Kurds...

[JoeFromSidney]

For the Iraqis the war is no more over than it was over for the Vietnamese when US troops pulled out of South Vietnam. The death total after US withdrawal was quite high. My wife and I sponsored a Vietnamese refugee family. They were lucky to get out in time.

As happened in Vietnam, the war will go on, but there will be no more US losses. Those Iraqis who supported us will be murdered; those who try to form a democratic government will be attacked.

Makes me wonder why we bothered. Maybe we should have pulled out after Saddam Hussein was killed. The domestic violence would have started then, but without US losses.

[crosshairs]

Out with the liberators, in with the Brotherhood.