“Defeat was inevitable once the USA decided to stay in Iraq after April 2003. The goals that Bush and Blair set for themselves in Iraq – democracy, stability, security – may be reached one day. For the sake of the millions of Iraqis who have lost loved ones under the occupation, or who have been forced to flee abroad, one must hope so. But these goals can only be achieved by Iraqis. They cannot be imposed through the barrel of a gun.” – Jonathan Steele, Defeat: How America and Britain Lost Iraq