Political posturing got us involved in the current imbroglio in Iraq, and "national security" concerns will be cited in lieu of answering the tough questions.

The war over there can't be won with so few American troops around to do the dirty work of going from house to house looking for insurgents.

It's turned into a civil war with rival militias battling one another, and US soldiers and Iraqi civilians being killed at a frightening rate.

Americans aren't going to have the stomach for a long drawn out war being fought halfheartedly and with profiteering by Halliburton being the only benefit to anyone

Neither side has offered a sensible solution, about how to identify and defeat the enemy, or how to disengage entirely from the conflict in Iraq.

It's a war grounded in religious belief of fanatic militants, and "Freedom and democracy" has little import for the average Iraqi civilian who is trying to stay alive and feed his family.

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