And BTW, why should the American or Iraqi people be forced to suffer any more, when it is the government's fault, both Republicans and Democrats, for invading a country with no exit strategy?

Even Colin Powell was flat out honest about that, even though all he would ever say was the lack of an exit strategy troubled him.

No, the intent here with the Bush invasion was not to have an exit strategy, because they were planning to be welcomed with open arms, and to maintain a permanent "peace time" occupation force, because the mission was accomplished as soon as they sacked Baghdad and bagged Saddam.

In other words, the plan was always to stay in the region with a huge military presence, to "guard our nation's interests" in the region's oil.

I guess nobody ever told them there had never been a successful occupation of this part of the world. So who'd a thunk it?