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.

Comments

[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.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Citation please on the statement that the Iraq war is over? I haven't been paying attention to the news feeds.

[gingicat]

Better than continuing the mistake, definitely.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. *sigh*

[wotyfree.livejournal.com]

It's not over. We're just abdicating responsibility again.