The Iraq war will end...

but we will not 'win'.
I don't get the fascination with the word win. In the end when our men & women are back home or in Afghanistan, what will we have really accomplished? Start taking bets now on how long it takes for some military commander to seize power in Iraq and make our 'quest for democracy' a wasted effort. We gave far too much these past few years and have gained so little. Our troops fought valiantly and did the job they were sent to do, but I can't help feeling that this will all be for naught. There is no 'victory', no defeat either, but certainly no victory.