Originally Posted by Velocipede

What will be the next stop in "finishing the war"? Syria? They harbor terrorists. Yemen? Yep, they do to. Turkey? Gotta help those Kurds. Kazakstan? They're notorious Armenian persecuters.

Man, we need a bigger military. Oh, that's right, Republicans don't want any taxes to pay for that or any other government program.

Something of a quandry...Hmm...How about if we declare victory, bring the boys home and let the ragheads smoke each other? Of course, that might have negative consequences for Halliburton's business enterprises in Iraq. CEO Dick Cheney won't like that. Or is he VPUS? Which pays more?