...its a tragedy. None of these individuals should have lost their lives in Iraq. We went to war under false pretenses. They are dying because of erroneous intelligence. Americans would never have tolerated going to war if it hadn't been for the "threat" of mythical WMDs.

We're there now. No turning back. More lives will be lost. These losses are not a "sign of failure." They are the consequences of a failure in judgement.

A year from now, conditions wil be the same as they are today. Daily suicide bombings. A couple of U.S. soldiers dead each day. Billions more spent. Rising Islamic fundamentalism in response to a U.S. military presence. Its worse there today than it was a year ago. THere is no reason to think its going to get better any time soon.