Anyone who leaves Bush out of this equation makes a big mistake. His political flotsam and jetsam were no more qualified - you know, the folks who brought us deba'athification and the rise of the insurgency in Iraq. We are not fighting democrats here. We are fighting the uniparty. Don't forget it.
Agree. I just left out Bush as these lowlifes weren’t ever loyal to him. I suspect they just considered him too stupid to worry about. And, after 9/11, they figured they had better ‘lie low’ and not cause any waves. I do remember reading, after the 2004 election, that there was an area of the State Dept, where the supervisor announced that GWB had won reelection and they owed their allegiance to him. Whereupon the next in line said (under his breath) ‘yes, but Kerry won lots of votes and we owe him our allegiance, too’. (Paraphrased) And I agree on the other point, too. When I see Republican Senators going hard against Trump, I am reminded that BOTH Partys tried to destroy him during the Primaries AND the General Election. That was one reason I was able to sway a few of my fencesitter friends. I just said ‘look, the Republicans are trying to destroy Trump, too. And that just tells me that neither Party will own him’.
“you know, the folks who brought us deba’athification and the rise of the insurgency in Iraq.”
State under Bush froze out the only Iraqi leaders who could have prevented it.