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Three years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein is no longer killing and torturing innocent Iraqis. We are.

Three years ago our soldiers were told they would be cheered in the streets as liberators. Instead they are the targets of a brutal insurgency.

No weapons of mass destruction were ever found. But new terrorists are discovered day, spawned from the rubble of their destroyed homes, businesses, and lives.

After three years of occupation, Iraq's electricity output is at its lowest level since the invasion. As one "liberated" Baghdad housewife put it, "We're living miserably."

At home, America once again is tearing itself apart over an unjust war.

Those who believe America can do no wrong find themselves defending torture, rendition, imprisonment without due process, illegal surveillance of US citizens — and above all, the invasion of a country that did us no harm and posed no threat.

And those who dare criticize these indefensible acts find themselves condemned as traitors giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

Three years after "shock and awe," it is America that is in shock. Iraq is on the verge of civil war. Our credibility around the world is disintegrating. Iran and North Korea continue to thumb their noses at us. In Afghanistan the Taliban is terrorizing the countryside. Osama bin Laden is still free.

Heckuva job, Georgie...