rh200, Iraq going well, ha ha ha! Don't make me laugh. Two of my army friends who both served there told me they thought the whole thing was nothing but a total waste of time and that our actions made things far worse. In their words it was a war we should have never carried out.
It was not going well when we were there and has fallen apart more since we left. Not exactly as if we would want to keep forces there forever is it! That's the only reason the so called Afghan government will continue due to some US forces remaining, if they ever leave it will all fall apart to.
Compared to what we did in Iraq what Putin has done in Ukraine is nothing and I mean nothing! You really need to look at things more carefully than you currently do.