Is it possible to win the war in Iraq?

[ProSense]

First, we shouldn't be fighting a "war" in Iraq.

Bush says that it's better to fight them there than here, but it was Bush's war that opened the door for terrorists to enter Iraq. (I keep thinking about an analogy: the police (Bush) enters a home to remove a violent spouse (Saddam) and overstays his welcome, sets up a command post in the house to fight the criminals in the neighborhood and the situation becomes chaotic when the relatives of both spouses join the fight to try to reclaim the family's home.)

The Iraqis want Americans to leave.

Who are American soldiers fighting (in the majority)?

If this war could be won, who would lose? Right now it seems to me the people being killed are Iraqis. If this war could be won, will the terrorists be defeated?

Is the hope that if Americans stay there long enough the Iraqis will come around to accepting US presence? If we're fighting an insurgency (Iraqis), how long before it's quelled?

Thoughts?