The headline story in the Seattle Times on Sunday, March 19, 2006 read, "3 years in, hopes fade for Iraq, neighbors".  The Washington report stated the grim Iraq War reality:  "officials and analysts in the United States, Arab countries, Israel and Europe" are saying, "The invasion had produced a vortex of unintended consequences."  

The outcome reported is, "Militancy is on the rise.  Terrorists are using Iraq as a training base and potential launch pad for attacks elsewhere, according to U.S. officials and documents.  Democratic reform remains largely stymied."

It is glaringly apparent that public support for the Iraq War is sharply declining in the U.S. and is almost non-existent elsewhere.

It has taken the American public a long time to recognize what a dangerous Republican Administration has led the public into.  Congress voted to provide the President with war authority and we know the rest.  Is that something to be proud of?  When anyone dared defy this Republican Administration's rush to war they found their patriotism attacked.