until GWB decided to go in an "fix" Iraq we had fought wars against identifiable enemies with definable end goals. This war has very movable landscape, those that were fighting against us a few months ago are now our allies (the Iraqi freedom fighters who had joined US troops in fighting against AlQaeda forces that have come across the border) but they have made it clear that once AlQaeda is routed, then they expect us to leave or we become the enemy once more.
Without clear goals, that are obtainable, we will be fighting this war as long as we are willing to pour money and lives into it. But in the end, there will be no victory just an end.
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