Anniversary of Iraq Invasion.

It's been three years since our ill fated invasion of Iraq. We overthru the Hussian regime quickly, saw der leader Bush proclaim "Mission Accomplished" and as quickly found ourselves slowly slipping into quicksand. Our intent was to supposedly to toss out the regime, stabalize the country and foster the growth of democracy, a remarkably stupid idea considering the fact that establishing a democracy in a country that for centuries has been governed by tribal chieftans, warring Muslim groups; Sunnies, Shiites and Kurks, and a society that largely holds all things Western in contempt, is kind of like trying to get an orange to grow from an avocado seed. It's not going to happen. It never was going to happen. The casualties in the Iraq War are piling up like chips at the finals of the World Poker Championship and they will continue to so so for the forseeable future. The U.S. is now trying to stand down in a civil war between the Shiites and the Sunnies. An objective no longer exists. There is nothing to stabalize. Even military experts agree that the insurgency will go on for several more years, long after we finally leave. No matter if we stay or go, Iraq will implode from secterian tension and most certainly drag other countries into it's chaos, including Iran. We can't stop it. Rather than stablizing the region we have actually destabalized it and in the process angered a world wide Muslim population, many who have no problem strapping themselves to a bomb to prove a point. It's a hopeless situation. Usually on anniversaries we celebrate, but on this anniversary we should weep.

As of today:

Current American Deaths: 2,317
Current American wounded: 17,2004
Iraq Civilians killed and wounded: 30,000