Free Republic

For the Army and Marines who lost 4,500 dead and more than 30,000 wounded, many of them amputees, the second-longest war in U.S. history is over. America is coming home from Iraq. On May 1, 2003, on the carrier Abraham Lincoln, the huge banner behind President George W. Bush proclaimed, "Mission Accomplished!" That was eight years ago. And so, was the mission accomplished? Two-thirds of all Americans have concluded the war was not worth it. And reading the description of Iraq from the editorial page of the pro-war Washington Post, who can answer yes? "Al-Qaida continues to carry out terrorist...