Since all the anti-war Socialist/Anarchist/Communist/Anti-Americans have had their 1960’s redux demonstration Strategy Page lists the Top 10 myths of the Iraq War. The list could easily be longer than ten but that number is manageable and are in no particular order.

1. No Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).
2. The 2003 Invasion was Illegal.
3. Sanctions were working.
4. Overthrowing Saddam Only Helped Iran.
5. The Invasion Was a Failure.
6. The Invasion Helped Al Qaeda.
7. Iraq Is In A State of Civil War.
8. Iraqis Were Better Off Under Saddam.
9. The Iraq War Caused Islamic Terrorism to Increase in Europe.
10. The War in Iraq is Lost.

Go to Strategy Page for the details but I think number 10 is important to emphasize:

By what measure? Saddam and his Baath party are out of power. There is a democratically elected government. Part of the Sunni Arab minority continues to support terror attacks, in an attempt to restore the Sunni Arab dictatorship. In response, extremist Shia Arabs formed vigilante death squads to expel all Sunni Arabs. Given the history of democracy in the Middle East, Iraq is working through its problems. Otherwise, one is to believe that the Arabs are incapable of democracy and only a tyrant like Saddam can make Iraqi “work.” If democracy were easy, the Arab states would all have it. There are problems, and solutions have to be found and implemented. That takes time, but Americans have, since the 18th century, grown weary of wars after three years. If the war goes on longer, the politicians have to scramble to survive the bad press and opinion polls. Opposition politicians take advantage of the situation, but this has nothing to do with Iraq, and everything to do with local politics in the United States.

It really is all about politics and power. Not resolve or courage on the part of politicians. Unfortunately there are many American Military lives and Iraqi lives on the line while politicians are denying or attempting to circumvent statements they had previously made.
h/t Instapundit

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