Yes - we removed Saddam from power - I guess in some ways we can chalk that up to progress. Not for us, but hopefully, someday for the people of Iraq.
That being said...when you have suicide bombings, kidnappings and other terrorists attrocities going on every day, how do you possibly classify that as progress. Aside from the U.S and Ally Service men and women that are killed just about daily at this point, the Iraqi casualities are too numerous to count.
Unfortunately there is no good solution. Even if the new government in Iraq is able to stablize itself, then we have Iran rumbling around about nukes. Then there's all the unrest in Africa.
There's all this talk about oil prices...what about the human cost of all this mess?
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