The anniversary that only I celebrate

Today is the fifth anniversary of W's Army War College Speech, Remarks by the President on Iraq and the War on Terror. It provides a nice summary of W's failure in Iraq.

In the speech, W outlined "five steps in our plan to help Iraq achieve democracy and freedom".

1. hand over authority to a sovereign Iraqi government.

DONE!

2. help establish the stability and security in Iraq that democracy requires.

still waiting

3. continue rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure.

??? - has anyone heard how many hours of electricity Baghdad has these days?
... how 'bout water & sewage?

4. encourage more international support.

... is ANYONE other than U.S. now engaged with Iraq? Oh, wait - China has a big contract to refurbish oil fields!

5. move toward free, national elections that will bring forward new leaders empowered by the Iraqi people.

DONE! - and al-Maliki seems to be taking governance seriously!

2 out of 5... five years later!

And let's not forget W's proposed gift to the Iraqi people!

America will fund the construction of a modern, maximum security prison.

Diligent readers will recall the fate of this promise.

Report: Empty Prison in Iraq a $40M 'Failure'

US watchdogs: Empty prison in Iraq 'monument' to waste and contractor shortcomings

Ah, yes! - W's gift to the Iraqi people: "a monument to waste".

Eventually the U.S. will simply walk out of Iraq.
All hell may break loose, or not.
Whatever - it'll no longer be OUR problem.

Why not today?