Associated Press Analysis: U.S. Has Essentially Won Iraq War

Crossing the Associated Press wires is an article that the United States has essentially prevailed at long last in the Iraq war.

I am an Independent who has supported the Iraq war from its start. (President Bush and I are the only two individuals left in the nation). This position has often left me at odds with my friends, and even family. History will judge whether the decision to topple the brutal Hussein regime and end the decades long torturing of Iraqis, while giving them a chance at freedom, was the right decision. This author will be long gone and buried before history and time render their verdict on the Iraqi liberation.

I believe that a victory in Iraq is ultimately better than a strategic defeat for America. It is my fervent prayer that every American, those who opposed the Iraqi liberation, and those who supported the liberation, are heartened to see that so much sacrifice has not been in vain.