The war is over people!

Ok, so I'm really tired of hearing people who are smart enough and informed enough to know better talk about the "war in Iraq" as if we are still actually fighting a war. Yes, we still call it a "war", but if it still truly is such... well, it's about the strangest war the earth has ever seen.
1)Both the governmental system and the military we set out to defeat have completely ceased to exist.
2)Iraqi support for international terrorist organizations has been removed - in fact, those same organizations are send men and material to Iraq.
3)What conflict there still is in Iraq is between the US military and Iraqi police on one side, and the various groups that have lost the tyrannical power they once held and foreign Islamic fighters on the other. That does not qualify as a war.
4)In war you either invade, prepare to invade, or defend you or an ally from invasion. This last is closest to what is actually the case. Let us not forget that our military is there with the invitation of the legitimate Iraqi government, which has publicly stated that they do not want our men and women in uniform to leave Iraq yet.
5)This is NOT Vietnam. In Vietnam the military was used to create leverage, but not too much leverage, for the politicians. Result; a frustrated military that was not allowed to use wise strategy and tactics to actually win the conflict. Our military was operating among a population that was indifferent or hostile and was unable to destroy enemy bases of support. None of this is the case in Iraq.
6)"All that money the President is wasting/spending in Iraq"... Guess what, a large portion of that money is coming from other military budgets. The Air Force is under tremendous pressure to make further cuts in the F/A-22 Raptor procurement. I talked to a submariner last night, and he says that when his boat return to harbor, others going out on patrol swipe all of their spare (and not-so-spare) parts because they can't get their own.
7)Exit strategy. We have one. Leave when the Iraqi police is able to handle violence as it occurs. Every day they become more capable and competent, every day the Muslim (yes they are) guerrillas become weaker.

'nough 'bout that for now. Rant on Social Security reform probably coming tomorrow.