The failure bus already left

The delusional Republicans who assault our egos by saying we must not fail in Iraq need to be informed that that bus left the station a long time ago.
We lost in Iraq on March 18, 2003.
We lost because we as a nation allowed our President to perform the ultimate international crime of aggression.
We lost because we let the military/industrial/legislative complex rob our treasury and the treasury of generations to come.
We lost because a nation of honor has resorted to kidnapping, torture, and murder.
We lost because we let our government make the rich richer, and the poor poorer.
We lost because we have let an administration strip us of our rights to privacy.
We lost because this strategy has caused terrorism to increase worldwide.
We lost because of over 3,000 military deaths, 20,000 wounded, unknown thousands of PTSD sufferers and other mental and brain injuries, an estimated 655,000 dead Iraqis, hundreds of thousands of crippled, homeless, orphaned, innocent people.
We lost because the billions we have spent on this carnage could have been spent on education, hunger, and infrastructure.
We lost because the rest of the world now looks at America as a rogue, imperialistic bully.
We lost because we have become negligent in our materialistic, glutinous lifestyles of greed instead of keeping constant vigilance on our government.
We lost because we were a beacon of hope in the world that has become a cloud of war and despair.
So, when the Neocons spin their way into telling you that we should listen to them or we are defeated losers, when they tell you that failure is not an option, tell them they are right.
It's not an option.
It's a reality.