The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in the war that President Bush's father fought in, World War II.
As of Sunday, the conflict in Iraq has raged for three years and just over eight months.
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The Iraq war was over in 2003 when Sadamm was removed and the Iraqi people were freed. Since that time, Iraq had been in a reconstrution period. The WWII reconstruction period lasted 12 years.
first off, i don't like posting anonymous comments much, because i feel that the poster is not confident in their reply. but in this case, i wanted to point out that the years of the reconstruction were an ENTIRELY different set of circumstances after wwii. if you read the article in it's entirety, you might have seen this:
""On May 1, 2003, Bush famously declared major combat operations over, the pronouncement coming in a speech aboard an aircraft carrier emblazoned with a "Mission Accomplished" banner.
Yet the fighting has dragged on, and most of the 2,800-plus U.S. military deaths have occurred after Bush suggested an end to what he called the Iraq front in the global fight against terrorism."
-AP Wire
which was my reason for posting it. it's time to bring our boys home!
10/20/06 - U.S. Senate Debate - San Antonio, TX
"If I had known then what I know now about the weapons of mass destruction, I would not have voted to go into Iraq as we did," Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator - (R) Texas
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