and that's a fact worth remembering, the next time the government and the "new york times" align to assure that you something is absolutely true. for real. may not be true. it often isn't true. but for a broaderenes, to whether it was worth -- broader answer, there is a new two-volume, 1,300 page study of the war and its consequences produced by the army war college and released last month. to very little notice of the conclusions are grim. years of warfare in iraq nailed to create a thriving democracy or stable government. much vaunted coalition of allies didn't work very well, since most allies sent only token forces, too few to be useful. a handful of countries did the real work. keep that in mind when they tell you how critical nato is. for the most damning part of the report is its conclusion that the iraq war really only had one winner, the winner was not america, it wasn't iraq, according to the report's authors, quote, emboldened and expansionist iran appears to be