The more I see of the Iraq mess and the people of the region in general I think you are right about being a mistake....not because of the WMD mess but because these people don't deserve to be free and will never be democratic. We are wasting money and lives to help a people that are so backward and messed up that we could stay for 1,000 years and not change their ways. Atleast we could Annex part of the country and set up a fancy new air base or ballistic missle emplacement and take over the oil fields...that I could understand. But to save these people? NO...Like in Sudan and Palestine and Syria and Iran...let's just get out of the way and let them annihilate each other all by themselves. Bring all our boys home from all over the mideast and Europe and let those who live in the area sort it out.