Thats where we disagree then. We had to start somewhere, and Iraq was as good a place as any, if not a better place to go since it was an easy regieme to topple. The hard part is always going to be in setting up the new government etc. But thats the point, to prove we can do it. Its a huge blow to world wide islamic terrorism. Thier goal is to build a Caliphate, and they cant do that with Israel, Iraq and Afghanistan sitting in the middle of it. Theres a lot of work to do yet, but it will get done and we will be better off.