Victory in Iraq? Try Reality in Iraq! 
"America's defeat in Iraq occurred the moment we decided on a unilateral invasion based on known false information. It already threw the entire Middle East into greater upheaval. It has also diminished our stature as a nation for many years to come, if not forever. There is no right way to do the wrong thing."
What on earth is George Bush chasing around the world for now? When his infamous two-word response to the "shock and awe" misguided Iraq War began, he observed, "Feels good!"
Does it feel good now? With over 3,500 U.S. service personnel returning to the U.S.A. in flag-draped coffins, estimates of almost a million Iraqis dead, 2 million Iraqis fleeing for their lives to Jordan, Syria and Iran, 2 million more Iraqis displaced, it should feel horrifying to this Republican Administration.
Why? Because you are responsible, you are going to have your names recorded on the blackest pages in U.S. history. No matter how long your limousine, no matter how elegant your home, you are accountable.
Stephen Stept of Montclair, New Jersey in a June 7 Letter to the Editors of the New York Times succinctly asked the question Bush, Cheney and Rice have never answered:
" ... Regarding their ominous warning about accepting defeat in Iraq: What constitutes victory?
"Peter W. Rodman and William Shawcross are following the traditional political script for when an unjust war goes horribly bad: argue that continuing the war is still better than defeat.
"The Johnson and Nixon administrations made all the same arguments Mr. Rodman and Mr. Shawcross now make once it becomes obvious that the Vietnam War was a monumental mistake.
"A continued United States presence in Iraq will be interpreted only as oil theft, or more generally as obstinate imperialism."
Perhaps Gary Peters of Paso Robles, California in his June 7 letter to the New York Times summed up the Bush Republican agenda better than all the books I've read in a few on-target words:
"Our leadership focuses on making life better for the rich, concentrating wealth, provoking war, destroying the environment and aiding big business at the expense of the rest of us, who feel powerless. It hauls this mantra to the group of G-8, thinly disguises it when possible and fumbles every pass that other leaders throw its way. Sad indeed."
Pull that oil contract off the Iraqi discussion agenda. With 80 oil wells in Iraq the U.S. contract calls for 63 to be open to foreign investors on long-term lease.
Forget that contract, please, let Iraqis have complete control of all 80 of their oil wells and see how quickly this could contribute to ending violence!
KEYWORDS: Iraq War, Comparisons of Iraq and Vietnam, The Iraq War Oil Equation
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