You know, I think it was a good thing that Saddam Hussein’s rule was ended. I also think that Hussein pushed the UN far beyond the point where they should have reacted (without us looking like the bad guys charging in). But this webpage is right–the mission definition in Iraq has warped over time to meet political expediency. And that doesn’t take into account the way that the case for Iraq was framed in context of 9/11, when it had nothing to do with it.
The war was won, I think. But even some of my conservative friends are becoming unhappy with the way that the “peace” is being lost.