forget about "best chance for success" language

[Fresh_Start]

Best chance could still be only 1% probability of success where all other plans are DOA. Pentagon should provide probability of success, predicted cost in dollars, lives and time. If they don't have those items, they've no plan at all.

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Two words: EXIT STRATEGY

As far as I can tell, we've already "succeeded".

Remove Saddam Hussein: check!
Find and destroy WMD: well, since a negative cannot be proved from the start...check!
Spread 'freedom' and 'democracy': (see number one) check!

Bush keeps moving the goal posts and as long as he's allowed to keep giving murky mission objectives, he'll keep change the goals without an Exit Strategy.

[neoblues]

2. Additional Goal Posts...

Bush wants to:

Stay until...

• Iran has been Conquered and the Iranian Theocracy has been Overthrown AND a U.S. Friendly Puppet in Iran has been firmly Installed.
  
• Western Oil Corporations are guaranteed Control Over All Oil Reserves in the Region AND their Profits and Future Profits are Ensured.
  
• We've Constructed Sufficient Numbers of Permanent Bases to Control the Region.
  
• All Muslims in the Region (and their Children (and their Children's Children)) have Converted (Been Converted) to Christianity (or been terminated).
  
• All Iraqis and Iranians have Adopted U.S. style "Free Markets/Capitalism" (AND are convinced it is best).
  
• All Iraqis (in addition to the Iranians) have Adopted AND Stabilized a U.S. style Democracy (with full Puppet status) (AND are convinced it is best thing since, uh, ice cream?).
  
• All Iraqis and Iranians have Adopted (and Learned to Speak) English as their Primary Language (AND like it).
  
• The Shia and Sunni have Resolved All Conflict AND Live Peacefully, Obeying the Rule of Law (AND the Rule of the U.S.).

Or, in more certain terms:

Stay Until...

• Hell Freezes Over.
  

Okay, I admit it, that might have been a slight exaggeration...
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Edit: fudged a duplicate and added shia/sunni resolution...