Don't we need to win the war on terror first before we start bringing our troops home from Iraq?

Yes, but Obama has an election to worry about that is more important to him.

Allegedly the war on terror, at least in Iraq, was over then. (Or, did someone miscalculate?).

Yes. The troops should have stayed in Iraq at least until 2053. This war was supposed to last at least 50 years, but Hussein Obama decided to cut & run like the wimp that he is.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.