So this weekend Saddam Hussein was hung. The New Year is here, the troops are still bleeding in Iraq and the politicians are still fighting here at home. Where are we as we enter 2007?

I’m a liberal Democrat who has been a vocal supporter of the Iraq war since shortly before the invasion in 2002. I’ve written about it, argued with friends about it, studied every aspect of it that I can find and in the last few months I’ve come to the firm conclusion that the war is a strategic failure.