Iraq -- a year later...

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Remember, these are opinions...

Looking back with 20/20 hindsite one year later...

1) Our armed forces did a magnificent job. Well done!

2) We were misled and entered the war for the wrong reasons.

3) Terrorism is as bad or worse (given the past few days) and there were no WMD's discovered.

4) We executed the war exceptionally well and the aftermath exceptionally badly.

5) We are losing the support of much of the world community -- save Great Britain. Particularly in Europe. A lot of people think that we are a power hungry superpower (According to the Pugh Survey released just this week.) A substantial piece of the Iraqi population blames us for their post war problems. Which is not totally fair -- but is partly, due to number 4 above.

6) Now that we have committed so much, we must "stay the course" or Iraq will fall back into anarchy.

7) Sadaam is gone. That's good. Nobody has filled the vacuum. That's bad.

8) This will last a lot longer. Do we have the national willpower?

9) While the economy and employment will continue to be the main issues, this will be a huge factor in this year's elections.

Rambling thoughts on a Thursday morning, one year after war.