The war in Iraq has been raging now for 7 years, and can anyone honestly tell me what we're still doing there? First, it was about Terrorism links. Then it was about Weapons of Mass Destruction. Then it was because we had to stop Islamic Extremists. Then it was about stabalizing the country (which interstingly we destablized in the first place).
Then they stopped giving excuses and instead justified the preemptive war because we got rid of a brutal dicator who hated the U.S. and committed atrocities against civilians (which we've done as well with our drone strikes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan). But now, for the life of me, I can't figure out why we're there. And it seems that the present administration just isn't offering any excuse or answer at all. President Obama has continued the same war policies as the Bush Administration, and all we have to show for it are larger deficits and more bodies of young soldiers to be buried in Arlington. Way to go Prez.

Check out the Faces of the Fallen at the Washington Post to remind yourself that we're still in a war in Iraq, and that we've lost over 4,300 soldiers there for a cause that our government can define.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. -- Ludwig von Mises