What is their objective?
I thought it was to get rid of Saddam, and now he's dead, so, haven't they already won?
That is a really good question as the objective has changed several times.
The first objective was to "rid Iraq of Al Qaeda" and everyone, including the US government now admit that there was no real Al Qaeda presence in Iraq (who and how many in the US government knew this at the time of the attack on Iraq will always be open to debate).
After the lack of Al Qaeda presence in Iraq became obvious to everyone, the objective was changed to "get rid of Saddam and bring democracy to Iraq". - This objective was achieved if you want to admit that the current government in Iraq is democratic (it was elected).
The objective then became to stablize Iraq while an elected democratic government gets established to the point that it can effectively govern and control Iraq. - This objective has not been met and is perhaps the one the article is refering to.
Of course, there are those who feel that the real objective all along was for the US to get control of Iraq's oil fields.
I think Iraq is now in a bit of a 'what the heck comes next' kind of state.
I doubt there are few who would disagree with this statement.
