Can I get fries with that?
The stated reason for going into Iraq quickly dissolved like ice in a punch bowl. The focus changed to a mission of "liberation". Bringing democracy to Iraq was your 'red and yellow' banner.
Did we really have the right to take over another country simply because it suited our strategic needs?
There is an elephant in the living room of most who still champion our presence in Iraq, and it's the same pachyderm that steps on the toes of your 'left' who call for an end to the occupation...
...we don't belong there.