And the Winner Is...

[Tribesman]

winner
what a pile of tripe

Iraq has been won if you redefine the vast majority of the objectives set out by the US at the start of the war , just like the surge has been a success if you ignore nearly all of the aims of the surge .
I like how the blogger says you are just one more major election away from victory , hmmmmmm..... one more election ......that was supposed to be in october wasn't it , it didn't happen did it , why didn't it happen ?
But its OK because they are having an election , they have set another date , though it isn't going to be the major election that they are supposed to have already had is it , can anyone explain why the major election isn't happening ?
Once you can explain that you should be able to understand why the claim of a win is such a joke .


Nice blog though Tuff , go through the archives and see how many times that blog has declared victory since 2003 .

The war in Iraq was won, the occupation and stabalization of the country though is a different matter.

That is where you are wrong Tex , the stabilisation of Iraq was the major objective of the war ...an Iraq that is free and democratic , an Iraq that doesn't have torture and exectution of dissidents , an Iraq that isn't a threat to its neighbours , an Iraq that isn't a refuge for terrorists , an Iraq that is a beacon that shines as an example throughout the region .

BTW now that the new revised SOFA has got cabinet approval , does the fact that the cabinet wouldn't give their approval until Sistani said it was OK mean that this "democracy" is really a theocracy like Iran with an Iranian backed mullah running the show as supreme leader ?