The Washington Examiner, a new paper that’s much better than the old ones at ferreting out Washington corruption, is vexed that Obama did not declare “victory” as he withdrew the “last” of U.S. troops from Iraq. Well, unfortunately, nobody ever defined “victory,” because the war was not undertaken to achieve one. Its aim was to impose permanently U.S. dominion more widely in the Middle East. A lot of people got very very rich because of this war. They already have their victory (or their “reward,” as the Good Book calls it). The Republican Party was perverted, and then destroyed, by … Continue reading Why Not Victory?