Published April 9, 2008 in East Valley Tribune Opinions as “Iraq five years later: Finding a path out.”
April 9, 2003 turned out to be the climax of the war—the day U.S. troops entered Baghdad and the Saddam Hussein regime fell. However, challenges quickly mounted and a simplistic happy ending eludes us.
Five years later President Bush prepares to hand the reins to his successor. Finding a path out remains as murky as ever—but for the sake of our country, our troops and the Iraqis, we need to navigate that treacherous course.
We have three factors to manage: loc