More on the Friedman "Opportunity" for Iraq

Don't know if TF reads the LA Times - but he should.  In today's editorial comment, "Mission accomplished?", the conclusion:

Iraq may recover. Its sectarian communities may overcome centuries of distrust and violence and find a way to unite the nation. But if they do so, it will be to the credit of the Iraqi people, and will be despite the U.S. occupation, not because of it. The war can be considered a victory in just one sense: It removed Hussein. In all other respects, the war in Iraq was a misadventure that compromised U.S. national interests, and was too costly for too little return.