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The war is lost in some way, at least the goal of the whole operation will never be reached, no matter how long the troops stay or how many more troops you send.
The big mistake was to take a system that works wonderful in the US and try to export it to a country with a totally different history and background. The arab mentality is so much different from ours, they are happy that Saddam is gone for sure, but establishing a stable democracy or real freedom in this region is pretty much impossible...because they simply don't want it, they have their own views about religion, politics, society and they are totally different from ours.
Troops can control a territory, they in fact do, but they can't control the minds of the people living there. It's not europe, it's not WWII.
So, in a classic definition, the enemy surrendered, the dictator is gone, call it a victory if you want...but realistically it boils down to many wasted lives, many wasted dollars and a region that will stay unstable for many years to come.
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