The Iraq war is over.

[xiphias]

This deserves celebration, but it's hard to feel celebratory about it. I suppose some good was done, in that Saddam Hussein was gotten rid of, but the cost was far too high -- not just in money and lives, but in honor, international respect, and trust.

It's hard to call it a victory. Or a loss. It's just the end of a mistake.

Which is better than continuing a mistake, anyway.

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[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

What deserves celebration, to my mind, is the pullout. Not the war. Pulling out IS a victory within American politics.

I'm still not feeling especially celebratory about it. My main emotional responses are relief that it's over, and grief for all the lives lost.