Who Lost Iraq?

Michael Schwartz has posted a essay on TomDispatch discussing Iraqi efforts to purge the American army like some nauseating stomach parasite.

Who Lost Iraq?

I admire Mr. Schwartz for his intelligent opposition to the invasion of Iraq, with its deferred $3 trillion tax for our grandchildren to pay, but in this instance I think he's asking a silly question.

The United States pulverized Iraq physically and culturally and now we're driving around in an old Chevy with the corpse of Iraq in the back seat. All we really want to do is find a vacant lot on the edge of town so we can dump the body and make a clean getaway, but every time we stop the car some old lady from Neighborhood Watch wanders up and asks us what we're doing.

"Just admiring the view," we say.

"Bullshit," says the little old lady. "You're looking for a place to dump the corpse of Iraq. Not on my block!"

Who lost Iraq?

Nobody lost Iraq, Mr. Schwartz. That's exactly the problem.