Iraq
The latest news on Iraq
Iraq might take 15 or 20 years to become a functioning democracy.
The United States should never have invaded in the first place.
The president, in his own words, wanted to fulfill a campaign promise.
Iraq's fragile coalition government has begun to come apart at the ethnic and sectarian seams.
Pulling the covers over our eyes and leaving the region is not a thought-through strategy.
The war should never have been launched--so it can't be ended soon enough.
The Iraq War cost the United States 4,421 lives and $806 billion.
The withdrawal demonstrated to the people of Iraq and their neighbors that democracy works.
Iraq's plight imperils U.S. goals.
A wave of bombings killed at least 78, the second large-scale assault since U.S. forces left.
