How is the current situation for Us in Iraq & Afghanistan?

very bad, in fact all they're trying to do now is to find a way to retreat without too much humiliation. either way USA is on the brink of its downfall. history repeats itself. every empire has to fall someday.

I cannot say much cause my husband is over there, certain areas are worse then others, but i just want my husband home now

I dont think it is very bad. Yea it can be better. Many opponents of the war in Iraq, and even some supporters, worry that the deserts of Iraq hold the same quicksand as the jungles of Southeast Asia. When our secretary of Defense says that it's up to the Iraqi people to defeat the Ba'athists and terrorists, we send a message that America's exit from Iraq is ultimately more important than the achievement of American goals in Iraq. We send a signal to every Iraqi -- ally, neutral and adversary -- that the United States is more interested in leaving than we are in winning. Iraq is not Vietnam. But if we are to avoid a debate over who "lost" Iraq, as we debated who lost Vietnam a generation ago, we must act urgently to transform our early military success into a lasting political victory. The United States can and must win in Iraq. Iraq's democratic future, American credibility, and American security require it. An exit strategy is more than a date certain, it's more than a timetable for building an Iraqi army. It must be a victory strategy that recognizes U.S. vital interests at stake in Iraq and the good our nation can do when we are committed to serving the cause of freedom in a violent, dangerous place that can, in the end, only be made less threatening and more stable by the success of our political ideals.

Afganistanm is probably better than Iraq right now. Iraq could be ok if people would stop with the poitical games and let the men and women actualy fighting the war do their job. Things are happening in a big way at the local and tribal levels as well as the provincial levels in some cases. Thats how nations are built, from the ground up, not from the top down. A lot hinges on the iraqi people, how bad do they want it? apparently there are enough who do because things are happening. We have to remember how long it took us to get off the ground in our own country. It took us 17 years just to write ratify and aprove our constitution, and we went through 2 wars. People are expecting instant results and it just doesn't happen that way. It's only been 6 years.