Let's say, just for shits and giggles, that, given the proper passage of time (after all, anything good is worth waiting for....instant gratification is a nice thing to desire, but it doesn't happen often), say....20 years or so, democracy has blossomed like a beautiful rose in the desert nation of Iraq.
Let's say that the people have, in that time, come together and made nice, building a strong, unified country in the middle of theocratic and military dictatorships. Let's say that their economy is sufficiently strong, the people are happy and healthy and all is right for them and theirs.
Will you then, anti-war people, retract your withering statements about how we're screwing up so badly now, or will you still whine and cry about how bad things are, despite the evidence of your senses?
One thing we all know; the Left is great at ignoring the clear evience of reality in favor of what it wants to see.
Will you own up to the erroneous statements you made in the past, or will you be like the Dems in Washington, who for 12 years, reading their myriad intelligence reports, wrung their hands and worried that Saddam had, or was on verge of having, his Big Guns. They wished and advised for so long that someone would or should do something before it was too late. Then, when someone finally did do something, only to find that the intelligence (of the last 12 years) was faulty, they quickly jumped on the bandwagon to diss him for it.
They conveniently forgot their concerns of the last 12 years in order to take up the partisan stance and skewer the other side.
Will you be like that? Forgetting about your chronic complaints and whining, only to smile cheerfully and say "I always knew this would happen," and forgetting to credit those who worked hard to make it so, whose efforts you so decried?
From what I've seen of many of those on the Left, that's exactly what you'd do.
Yes, this article is almost completely hypothetical.... and yes, this article is chock-full of broad statements, but I'm just curious.....what will you do then? If everything works out for the best?