Iraq is going to be a waste as long as we're over there because all we're doing is fighting nationalists who oppose the occupation of thier country.
The car bombs and suicide attacks will continue until we leave, and then the inevitable civil war will happen, and then we can deal with the next political John Gotti...
There will be no democracy in Iraq. Upheaval, political assassinations, crime, and poverty in a depleted uranium wasteland is all that's on the horizon for Iraq. Unless we plan on staying there permanently and sending home thousands of more troops in body bags and shovelling billions of dollars into the bonfire, which is exactly what is happening now.
OBL runs free, Social security and health care issues dominate the news headlines......and all some people want to do is keep dumping wasted resources into Iraq to see that foreigners can vote.
Just keep putting it on the ole' national credit card, and keep burying the grandkids. I'm sure they'l be glad you did. :mj07: