The United States and its allies will declare victory in the war in Iraq in the next few days, according to an MSN.com report.
Meanwhile, Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi is back in Iraq, endorsing U.S. military occupation of the country for as long as two years -- while some Iraqis have taken to the streets to protest U.S. presence, according to the report.
U.S. forces are still hunting for Saddam Hussein and other top Iraqi officials and have still not found Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, the justification for the U.S.-led invasion on March 20.
Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.) thinks it will take at least five years to establish a functioning democracy in Iraq. Lugar dismissed the notion that it can be done "on the fly" in just a scant few months.
"And this may require training of a new type of civil servant in our country, that is really prepared to come in and bring some hope, some cohesion, to peoples after our military is extraordinarily effective in getting rid of the opposition," Lugar said on NBC's "Meet the Press," according to the report.
So with victory assured and the war all over except the shouting, obvious questions remain.
Where is Saddam? Where are his weapons?
And why aren't more people demanding answers?
Victory is wonderful, but remember, the primary reason for the war was to disarm a potential threat. Liberating the Iraqi people was a positive result, but not the primary goal. Assuming otherwise is inconsistent with the Bush administration's original drive toward war.
Voters should hold their representatives accountable for the answers to these questions.
We can start with Sen. Richard Lugar, whose contact information you can find at the bottom of this page.
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