Oldfella - The war decidedly isn't 'over' ! Part of the remit for attacking Iraq was to flush out Al Qaeda operatives which were supposedly in Iraq. This comes under the 'war on terror' - the operations are ongoing so the 'war' as such hasn't finished.
As for your comments Southside -I think possibly you have
a version of reality which is decidedly Walt Disney. There is nothing 'heroic' about freeing a country from a dictator and then turning the place into the biggest terrorist melting pot in history.
If you think it's a good thing spare a thought for the people of Zimbabwe who are former Commonwealth citizens and getting slaughtered and made homeless by another dictator . Oh I forgot there is no oil there so who cares!