GOP nom. John Mccain: ‘I said we would have an easy victory’ in Iraq and ‘we did’. Agree or disagree?

He's just getting obscene now...

How do you tell parents who lost their sons and daughters that it was an "easy victory" and then try to sell us a war with Iran on top of it?

The man is just bonkers... This war has lasted longer than WW2.

Everyone who signed on to this war did so because they thought the idea was to catch terrorists who destroyed our world trade centers?

So what did we win? Aren't those guys still at large?

GW II showed that if we want to we can roll over just about any of these people, well not all, some might be a serious fight, but generally most people would admit it was pretty impressive invasion. What Bahgdad in about 3 weeks or so? Then we got into all kinds of mis-direction including the people in this country who think a "war" should have all kinds of special rules and that slows the whole proces to a crawl. The faster these things are done, the better for all concerned. If we indeed go to "War" then shut the heck up until it is over. If you want to backseat quarterback it for years while it is ongoing, you are looking for disaster and extended bloodshed. The idea is to win and control as expediently as possible, not "wait" on political solutions.

Well, there are two definitions of victory at play here. First definition: the victory achieved when our troops took Bagdhad. That was easy, as military victories go. Second definition: not clear, but seems to be that Iraq is a safe and functioning democracy with a government strong enough to put down internal clashes, strong enough to defend itself from its neighbors, and strong enough to keep terrorist groups from taking safe haven. This is the victory that McCain is talking about now, and it's not easy because it is all about development of the Iraqi government. Even the top-notch U.S. military can't win that. You, the voter, get to decide the best way for the U.S. military to enable this new victory: Pressure Iraq by withdrawing U.S. troops, or leave U.S. troops there until Iraqi politics runs its course and victory just happens.

Definitly, we acheived everything we went there for 10 years before we even attacked. But gee I am sorry about all of the lives that were wasted.

Easy for whom?

Easy for the people who lost loved ones there? I think not.

Easy for the people who have come back maimed? I think not.

Easy for the people who have come back traumatized? I think not.

Easy for the people of the United States whose economy is in the sh*tter? I think not.

Why are we funding rebuilding their country, why do we owe them anything?

We should ask McCain if he would have supported the war in iraq if he knew there no WMDS.

Actually he was right, we crushed Saddam's military. both in the first Gulf war and in the 2003 conflict.