According to President Bush, the US is winning the war in Iraq. Is message rings about as true as it would if President Lincoln had declared after the Battle of First Manassas that they had the rebels on the run. At the present time such a claim is ludicrous.

Perhaps, in the long run the US will triumph in Iraq, from where we stand today, however, the most that can be said of the Iraq War is that we have achieved a stalemate and even that is wishful thinking. One thing is for certain, we are Not winning in Iraq, we aren’t losing, but we are certainly not winning.

Iraq is no closer to standing on it’s own that it was 1 year ago or 2 years ago. The rule of law has been all but forgotten in Iraq and savagery has no become the order of the day.

Is it possible to win in Iraq? Yes, but it will require a major shift in strategy and policy, it will also require a more concerted effort to get the Iraqis to quell the violence committed by Iraqis against Iraqis. Above all, the United States must cease shouldering such a sizeable burden for the security of Iraq. The Iraqis must somehow figure out the security equation and the US must find an out.
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