So often in the Media we hear questions like when will we bring our troops home from Iraq? Staying the course is important, we all know that it makes no sense to cut and run. Others ask; what are we doing in Iraq; why are we there; when will we be done; what is the mission anyway.

Well, these of course are all good questions indeed. Let me help you understand exactly what we are doing in Iraq and abstractly explain what we must do to complete our mission. Now my allegory is work in progress, I hope you like it; if not perhaps you can alert me to other items to add or modify, so we can bring this message to others. This way everyone can understand thru this visual image.

Consider first a Ski Lift with a Ski House at the bottom of the mountain and grandstand seating at the top. Think of the Winter Olympics where the best teams of the world unite in celebration, all having much in common, having sacrificed the long hours of training and enduring years to reach this pinnacle of freedom. We know the Olympic symbol is Five Rings and now let