[beckett]

Thanks for your post. There's a lot of solid insights in it, and the list of accomplishments in Iraq is a valuable resource.

[DMZFrank]

Thanks for your gracious comment. I just felt I could use my knowledge of how dire WWII was for this country for most of our involvement in it and place that into a perspective vis a vis the Iraqi situation. I am sick of hearing how this is an endless quagmire in which we can never succeed. This could be another self inflicted defeat like Vietnam. (I am a vet of the SE Asia war games by the way)