Yeah go with that now that the we're the terrorist line has been proved false by the Sunni awakening, oil company profits are tanking with "cheap oil", the unwinnable war is being won, the Iraqi's have had a real democratic election with a lot of bad actors thrown out, and yeah Saddam is gone without getting a chance to reconstitute his wmd program as probably would have happened if the Fench and Russians continued to weaken sanctions.

While at this point in time with "20/20" hindsite it appears going to war in Iraq was a mistaken side track in the war on terror, I think we are going to achieve something in Iraq a lot closer to Bush's vision than democrats claimed was possible with the caveat that Bush/Cheny/Rumsfield incompetence cost us a lot more blood and treasure than needed. On the other hand if it had taken 6 years to finish the war right in Afghanistan, Saddam might have WMD again by now. that is entirely possible given Afghanistan has a lot less going for it, and the speed at which sanctions were deteriorating.

Regards,
Mark