Iraq What Now

It is over a year since I last posted about the state of the war. My last post predated the surge and that has certainly made a differences. Looking back there can be no question that the invasion of Iraq was a tremendous mistake. The cost to America, in lives treasure and world standing is immeasurable. However, to quote Colin Powell, you break it you own it. We came and once we did, we have the moral obligations to try to put it together. It is clear that until the surge began we really did not have a strategy for putting humpty dumpy back together. It is not clear that the surge will prevail in the end, but as long as it continues to show signs of success we have the moral obligation to continue, even if in reality we cannot afford to.