It had to happen: The fumbled invasion of Iraq has eventually turned into a five-year-old war made up of mistakes and misleading information. Today, on the anniversary of the invasion, it’s still a petulant and fully loaded child: The majority of Americans don’t want it, and John McCain doesn’t even understand it. Poor Iraq.

Here, then, is a short round-up of some of the most recent flubs, misunderstandings and bitter realities:

  • Yesterday, during a news conference in Jordan, John McCain announced that Iran was training al-Qaida terrorists and sending them back to Iraq. McCain, who obviously doesn’t know the difference between Shiites and Sunnis, then said “the media” reported it.
  • A recent CNN poll reveals that 71 percent of Americans believe the Iraq War is bad for the economy. Meanwhile, the war has cost taxpayers $406.2 billion through December 2007. And economists predict it will end up costing $3 trillion.

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  • As we reported last week, 67,717 patients from both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been diagnosed with PTSD. But the VA has only approved around half of the claims for treatment.
  • Juan Cole at Salon.com has an article detailing the five years of lies told by the Bush administration. There are lies for each year, from justifying the invasion to justifying the occupation.
  • And finally, for videos, numbers and more Bush missteps and lies, Buzzfeed.com has created an excellent round-up of all of them in a post called “Five Stupid Years.”