Is this victory?
98 civilians died from a suicide bombing in Iraq today. And there were at least three others that killed an additional 7 people. Today. Yesterday the bombers only killed 48 people. And on friday it was, for Iraq, really peaceful; only 32(?) people got blown to tiny bits bits by the civil war happy flowers of peace and freedom.
This is what happens when you invade a country, dismantle the government, and whistle while various factions arm and prepare for war. When they're ready, they'll go to war.
Is this victory? Perhaps for the 2004 "election" in the United States, but not anywhere else.