When will the War in Iraq end?

citizen_drew wrote:

After all the work the intelligence communities did to get us there, I don’t see us leaving.
I also tend to believe the republic wants to keep the Chinese and Russians out, as much as hoard the natural resources for ourselves…In that respect the string pullers probably view this as winning...

What’s a citizen to do?

...
actually... it was the Administration that worked the intelligence to justify the war that got us involved in the first place:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/
...
And I agree... it is a power play to secure the vital strategic resource than all mechanized modern armies need in order to wage a war. All jets, tanks and trucks run on petroleum based fuels. You cannot wage a war without fuel.