Many who are observing the aftermath after we won the War in Iraq and are now there preparing the country for democracy see a slow process.
Defeating the criminal element, International Terrorists and nation state sponsored anti-American insurgents is not an easy thing to over come, but progress is being made.
Recently in a coffee shop conversation I was conversing with a gentleman named Steve.
Steve is a Democrat and considers himself a hard core liberal and as we got into the conversation I was pretty sure, that nothing I would say would change his views and nothing he would say would change my 40 years of observations in the real world.
We got to talking and Steve asked; "why is it taking so long to defeat the International Terrorists anyway?" Indeed so I said: "Steve, Good point, why is it taking so long to defeat the International Terrorists anyway? Good question, perhaps we are trying to hard to appease the political correct masses and run a proxy war based on a group of folks in Washington; who cannot all get on the same page? Too busy infighting for political traction for themselves rather than working together to make it happen.
One could blame both parties for that.
If the LibDems would stop attacking politically and move to work this through everyone stands to gain expect the International Terrorist Murderers.
Washington DC is a mud fight, they are more interested in their little groups than winning or losing in Iraq" He was taken a back that a young man would hit so hard on the issue and not back down to the academia, liberal media or politically correct storyline.
You see regarding Iraq, remember also we are dealing with a small civil war scenario, reconstruction, former hold outs and Nation State sponsored insurgent types.
So, it is more than just a war it is an "all in one" deal.
I think we need to consider that too as well.
So think on this in 2006.