I think we lost that war? The government ran up billions of dollars of debt that was added to trillions of dollars of debt! There were no weapons of mass destruction and The Iraq's haven't reimbursed us one penny for what we did for them, not even a free barrel of oil! The cost of fuel is higher now than ever and Iraq and its neighbor Kuwait are free because of this country and American taxpayers who foot the bill for this! We can forget the enemies overseas because the enemy is here in Washington D.C. These tyrants in government are just as bad as Saddam Hussein or Osama Bin Ladin were!

I, along with hundreds of thousands of other people, spent countless hours protesting the invasion and occupation of Iraq before it started, knowing full well it was wrong. Unfortunately, however, Bush, Cheney and the other armchair warmongers were going to have their war even if meant outright lying and producing phony documents to the world. It’s still hard to believe that the U.S. would attack another sovereign nation, but to do so based on false pretenses is nothing short of criminal. So here we are, ten deadly years later, a trillion dollars wasted, over 4000 American Soldiers dead (mostly young soldiers, all of whom should still have their entire lives ahead of them to live out their dreams), and potentially as many as one million Iraqis killed (remember the U.S. doesn’t do body counts on countries we attack, according to Donald Rumsfeld), and NOTHING has been accomplished. And sadly, as innocent people continue to die or be maimed in a war that should never have been started to begin with, the majority of American people go shopping at the mall.

I wonder, if the 182,000 Kurdish victims of Hussein's genocide from 1986 and 1989 would think that we wasted our time, lives and money going to Iraq if they were alive.

I wonder, if we had finished the job the first time we went there in 1991 would 9/11 have happened? Would we have had to go back in 2003? Would we have lost 4000 more more soldiers, spent trillions more dollars? How many more innocent defenseless Iraqis would have been tortured, raped and killed by Hussein and his band of thugs?

I wonder, how many more wars we would have won in the past 60 years if it weren't for television showing the American public the horrors of war. Was this public outcry the reason we lost in Vietnam? Was it the reason we didn't finish the job in Iraq in 1991? Would we have suffered 9/11 and the second war in Iraq if it weren't for this public outcry?

I wonder, how many more Jews, Gypsies and gays would have been murdered by Hitler if we had televised WWII and let public outcry pull our troops out of the war shortly after landing on Normandy?

I wonder, did the 13,000,000 murdered Jews in Germany teach us what happens when we stand by and do nothing while a dictator like Hitler, or Saddam Hussein, hides behind the Sovereignty of their country and commits atrocities against mankind as a whole?

Remember Harry Reid's inspirational message to the troops - "This war is lost."

Outcome of the war is that Saddam is dead, Iraq is no longer a threat and that ex ambassador Joe Wilson is a colossal lying political whore. (Oh, but we scored Scooter Libby for 'lying' what flavor syrup he put on his pancakes 3 years ago..)

'But the U.S. has an all-volunteer military, leaving the vast majority of families without a loved one in harm's way. Even for these families, the Iraq War is certainly an historic event.' This is a classic example of progressive bias at the Patch.

First of all, Saddam Hussein was NEVER a threat to the United States and had NOTHING to do with 9/11! These Bush lies have been debunked one hundred times over. I guess you didn't get the memo. How sad and pathetic that you're still acting as cheerleaders for this bogus war. Amazing! Of course, not everyone has lost--Halliburton has made billions and billions in profits with their no-bid contracts. You have to love their motto: "profits before people." Perhaps you can incorporate that motto into one of your cheers! And of course it was just a mere coincidence that Dick Cheney had financial ties to the war profiteers. Sure it was! There is one thing M. Quinlan and I can both agree on--the Iraq war is indeed a historic event--as in the biggest foreign policy blunder of all time! What a disgrace!

Well, thank goodness, not all Marines believe all of the lies and propaganda that brought us into this unnecessary war! I agree that ALL humanity deserves a life free from torture, oppression, abuse, rape and murder. However, waging war brings those exact horrors, which is why it's WRONG. Does Guantanomo ring any bells? It's a sad day for all Americans when our highest elected officials are promoting and implementing the use of torture. And I hope you have enough storage space for all of the thank you letters you must be receiving from the Iraqi people for obliterating (oh, excuse me--I meant liberating) their country.

Sean Ward, you are against all torture, murder and genocide? Maybe your Marines should look at your American Government! Remember Waco, TX 1993? How many women and children were burned alive by the government in your country America! And the torture they had to endure for 60 days with the helicopters and speakers and loud noise they pumped in to the church compound because the government didn't like 1 man? I'd worry about this country 1st before gutter slums with no civilization like Iraq and Afghanistan! Oh by the way The United States government was responsible for 911 and Saddam Hussein because it was America who supplied Saddam with weapons and aid during the Iran- Iraq war and this country supplied arms and support to Osama Bin Laden in his war with the Soviets! The United States government wants to control the world economy and they want to enslave all Americans by taxing everything we do in life! Forget about the enemy overseas, the enemy is here!

Sean, you really want to defend Guantanamo? Seriously? Indefinite detentions of the innocent and the guilty without charges, torture, humiliation, and other abuses. Imagine the reverse scenario--would this be acceptable treatment to our soldiers if they were captured by the enemy? I don’t think so. The U.S. would be crying war crimes in a New York minute, and rightfully so! Another disgrace the unnecessary Iraq and Afghanistan wars have brought us is the CIA’s first known assassination by drone, giving Bush the distinguished title of “Assassin-in-Chief” in 2002. How about the first Afghan wedding party to be wiped out by the U.S. Military? Do recall in late December 2001, a B-52 and two B-1B bombers, using precision-guided weapons, eradicated a village of celebrants in eastern Afghanistan; only two of 112 villagers reportedly survived. The same happened in Iraq when a U.S. airstrike took out wedding celebrants in the western Iraqi desert, killing more than 40 of them. Just collateral damage? Acceptable? Again, I don’t think so.