How To Win In Iraq

If we want(ed) to win in Iraq, then we need to undo everything we did to lose the faith and trust of the people in Iraq (and, unfortunately, the world).

"Let me clear it up for any moron with lingering doubts: It’s worse. It’s over. You lost. You lost the day your tanks rolled into Baghdad to the cheers of your imported, American-trained monkeys. You lost every single family whose home your soldiers violated. You lost every sane, red-blooded Iraqi when the Abu Ghraib pictures came out and verified your atrocities behind prison walls as well as the ones we see in our streets. You lost when you brought murderers, looters, gangsters and militia heads to power and hailed them as Iraq’s first democratic government. You lost when a gruesome execution was dubbed your biggest accomplishment. You lost the respect and reputation you once had. You lost more than 3000 troops. That is what you lost America. I hope the oil, at least, made it worthwhile..."

From Bagdad Burning 20-Feb-2007 "The Rape of Sabrine" as quoted in Attytood.com "The heartbreaking blogs that Bush didn't read today" 28-Mar-2007

It is not enough to ask "who is our enemy", you must also ask "why".