Iraqi veterans of the last five years, Do you see a victory in the near future, and what would it be?

I'm an OEF/OIF vet. The answer to your question is a plain and simple "No". There is far too much money to be made by the contractors and their buddies in govt. for there to be an Endgame any time soon for Iraq. I just checked the numbers and as of this moment as I write, we have spent over 524.5 BILLION US Dollars in Iraq.

When I went in with the very first medical unit to enter Iraq, in 2003, we didn't have armored ***anything***. We didn't even have small arms for everyone to be able to defend themselves. I have had the bullets fly past my head on more than one occasion, and only had a worn-out vest for protection. Where did all of that money go? It sure as h*ll didn't go to properly equipping us with beans, bullets and bandages. Oh, but Dick Cheyney and his buddies at Halliburton got plenty fat while we went 7 weeks without a shower.

There was recently (within the last month) a confirmed discovery of an oil field off the coast of Brazil which is at least as large as the oil reserves under Iraq. We DON'T need to be there anymore! Pull out now! Spend another $500 Billion on rigs and refineries for the Brazillian oil and let the Iraqis fight it out. We'll buy oil from the winners.

When we went into Iraq, gas was less than $2 a gallon in most places. I now pull into any gas station that has it for $3.69 because it's too good a deal to pass up.

Lemme guess you were either in the Navy or Air Force never in direct combat and actually believed in the mission.

My grandfather fought in WW2 he told me something I will never forget

"When the bullets start flying and your friends start getting chopped up you don't give a sh*t about politics and the mission anymore you just want to stay alive and kill whoever is shooting at you"

Combat Vets and just Vets have very different views on things.

My grandfather just wanted to stay alive he didn't have the luxury of thinking about if what he was doing was for the best interest of the country. He thought in seconds and minutes never long term.

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No, the same goes for the "war on poverty" the "war on drugs"

OIF disabled vet 90%

I am not a vet, i just want to offer my humble appreciation to all war veterans, and all of the violence they experienced.

No.