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The Iraq war is over.
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.
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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It's the front page of the New York Times.
It's a small sidebar on USA Today.
It's not on the headline of the Boston Herald at all.