In the GWOT, success in Iraq is vital to the security of the free world. >>>I'm happy that some military progress seems to have taken place but at what cost, to what cause and for how much longer?<<< An Iraq that can govern itself secure itself and be an ally in the GWOT will be the factor that changes the ME from Islamofacists to free and prosperous citizens of the free world (Japan, most of the EU for example -- time frame -- likely 50 years or so) IMO and in the opinion of all but the antiwar libs/dems/lefties