[truth_seeker]

The whole premise for Iraq had to be stop risk of nuclear/bio terror in hands of terrorists, and the ability to build democracy in post-defeat Iraq.

The former premise was valid. Iraq had boasted about and used WMD.

The latter premise depends on making chicken salad out of chicken sh!t (also known as arabs and islam).

The latter is proving to have been a false premise. Arabs and islam are genetically not amenable to civil democracy.

Bush made his decision based on hope for chicken salad. He often expounds his belief in the power of democracy, and a belief it is possible for all people.

He should not be faulted for this hopeful optimism.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? Mommy, When Are We Going to Get There?

Geez the School of Instant Geo-Political Change is in full cry. I mean AFTER ALL it has been THREE whole years with almost THREE whole thousands of Americans killed.

This wavering and weaseling is disgusting particularly after watching the story of Iwo Jima where 7,000 Marines were killed taking the island. Apparently this country is becoming too testosterone limited to survive as the leader of the world.

[HAL9000]

The first premise is correct, and Iraq has been successfully deterred from Saddam's goal of developing weapons of mass distruction.

I'll strongly disagree with your claim that a race is "genetically not amenable to civil democracy". I'm not aware of any scientific evidence of a "democracy gene" in our DNA.