Oops! - I forgot...

I must be gettin' old: I forgot "The anniversary that only I celebrate: W's War College Speech, 24 May 2004".

W's "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... how many dead in car-bombs this year???

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!
Anyone else???

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

DONE! -
... and recent elections even suggest relatively smooth transition of administrations!

2 out of 5... six 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?

Note: the really fun thing about observing this anniversary is that all I have to do it copy/paste from preceding year's post!