http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-03-23-iraq-casualties_N.htm

As the article describes, casualties in Iraq are astronomical.  The war in Iraq has dragged on. However, many are reluctant to withdraw from Iraq until we are successful. What defines a “success” in Iraq? Clearly, the region is experiencing mass casualties and is still far from stable. If Fish’s notion that Islam is incompatible with democracy is indeed true, then it is impossible to bring democracy to a country such as Iraq. The ideals of Islam and the Ideals of Islam simply are not cohesive.  Islamic societies are patriarchical societies.  Women in this societies are subordinate to males and do not have many rights.  Even though this social norm has an iconic character, the ‘tradition’ has perpetuated in Islamic societies.  This said, Islam, is fundamentally incompatible with democracy, a regime type that is based on freedom and equality for all.  However hard we struggle to implement a viable democracy in Iraq, it may not ever happen. 

In Conclusion, the war effort in Iraq is essentially pointless. Many feel that the fallen soldiers and mass bloodshed, must be justified by completing the task of securing Iraq’s government. Unfortunately, this may never be a possibility.