This weekend marked the end of our war in Iraq. Or did it? We leave behind a force of contractors, civilians, mercenaries and consultants of almost equal size as our occupying force.
Here's a thought. It's been 65 years since the US won a war. And perhaps only South Korea is better off because or our intervention in their affairs.
We didn't win this war, and never should have been there in the first place.
The outcome was a disaster on every front. The war never should have been fought. Sadam had no weapons of mass distruction, didn't participate in 911, was firmly contained in his little box by allied forces, and posed no danger to anybody but his own people.
The idea that the Iraqis will welcome our occupaiton, convert to Baptists, become hard core Republicans, embrace western values, join the Chamber of Commerce, and join together to sing Kumbaya is far fetched.
We leave behind as big a mess as we found. Meanwhile, we lost more soldiers than civilians died in 911, created enemies faster than we could kill them, bankrupt our treasury, diminished the world's opinion of us, strengthened Iran, ground up and over stretched our military, displaced a couple of million Iraqis and killed over 100,000 of their people. Not our proudest accomplishment.
God bless our forces who carried out their assigned missions with professionalism and courage. Our soldiers don't get to choose their missions. But, let's hope the politicians that sent them there rot in hell.
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