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well... it depends on how you look at it. what exactly was the mission in question?
if the removal of saddam hussein from power and the defeat of the iraqi army was the mission, then the answer is most assuredly "yes."
if the mission was to completely secure iraq and have it possess a functioning democratic system, then the answer would be "no."
but onetime did bring up a good point. gen. franks did request the president do precisely that in order to get the ball rolling with the next phase of our operations in iraq. perhaps the administration made a mistake in declaring success in such a dramatic fashion. the media has made the declaration something that it wasn't intended to be. the white house should've had better long-term judgement.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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