[2ndDivisionVet]

There is a much simpler explanation: Most Americans don’t trust Republicans on matters of war and peace. Not after the nation-building disasters in Iraq and Afghanistan, that is. Why should they trust us? Our leadership has never admitted it made a mistake. Sen. Ted Cruz, to be sure, had the gumption last fall to say that “we got too involved in nation-building” and that “we should not be trying to turn Iraq into Switzerland”–and was excoriated for his trouble by the Bushies. The Republican mainstream is too busy trying to defend the Bush record to address the distrust of American voters.

[Alberta's Child]

What's interesting is that the distrust Americans have of Republicans on foreign policy is matched by the distrust Democrats have of Hillary Clinton -- for the same reason.

That's why the Democrats trotted out that jug-eared nitwit from Illinois to derail her presidential campaign in 2008, and why they'll find someone else to beat her in 2016.

[lavaroise]

Irony is that nation building was modeled after the disaster of Lindon Johnson’s war on poverty.

thank the “no new taxes” RINO Bushes.

[RedStateRocker]

That’s a better way of saying the same thing.