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What happened in Iraq is very, very disappointing.
The war didn't last "five or ten years". The war was over in a matter of months. A war is fought between the governments of two countries and their military forces. The Iraqi military was quickly defeated, and Saddam and his government was removed from power. Saddam himself went into hiding until he was caught.
Instead what we had was a military occupation while we tried to help them rebuild while terrorists did their best to stop any progress. At some point in time we expected the Iraqi people and the Iraqi government to step up and take over. This has not happened.
After ten years plus of this, it's time for us to move on.
We had good intentions, we lost thousands of lives, and spent billions of dollars... The Iraqi people failed themselves, and it's time for us to walk away. We've done more harm than good.
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