Mission accomplished?

A few days ago the Morning Call asked various people to comment on the success or failure of the Iraq War.  Amazingly, a number of contributors argued that the war was a success, mentioning the end of Saddam Hussein.  Ok, I’ll give you that.  

Here’s a few items on the failure side.  The “shock and awe” campaign in which a major city was bombed for the world to see.  The mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.  The failure of the occupation to restore electricity and sewage.  The looting of one of the world’s finest museums of antiquity.  The de-emphasis of the war in Afghanistan, allowing the Taliban to regroup.  The continuing violence between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq.  The waterboarding.  The indefinite incarceration of prisoners at Guantanamo without the semblance of legality.  The use of private contractors instead of trained American troops.  The lack of proper care at home for wounded veterans.  The billions spent.  The death of 100,000 Iraqi civilians.  And finally, the loss of 4,400  American soldiers and the maiming of thousands more for an unnecessary war based on lies.

Some of the same people who led us into that fiasco want to start a war with Iran.