The Iraq War at Four: A Word Collage

Shock and awe . . . Toppled statue . . . Coalition of the willing . . . Judith Miller embeds . . . Mission Accomplished . . . Looting . . . No WMDs . . . Not enough troops . . . Home by Christmas . . . Stuff happens . . . Saddam captured . . . 486 . . . Liberators become occupiers . . . Abu Ghraib . . . Not enough body armor . . . Training ground for terrorists . . . Not enough troops . . . More stuff happens . . . Fallujah lost . . . 1,334 . . . Purple fingers . . . Fallujah retaken . . . The Decider . . . Not enough troops . . . Still more stuff happens . . . 2,180 . . . Civil war . . . Haditha . . . Not enough troops . . . Suicide bombings . . . Militias rule . . . Ethnic cleansing . . . Missing billions . . . Even more stuff happens . . . Morale never better . . . 3,001 . . . Big oil deal . . . Blackhawks down . . . Parliament without a quorum . . . Two million refugees . . . The surge . . . Stuff still happens . . . Corrupt cabinet ministers . . . Building 18 . . . Not enough troops . . . 3,218