Democrats didn't have the stomach for this war. They'd rather hide their heads in the sand.
One war at a time, please-Destro
We are already taking Syria and Iran on. The only question is whether we continue to allow them to wage a proxy war against us in Iraq, or whether we let the war come out in the open and take it to their capitals. I'm not really sure which is best, but I tend to want to eliminate the root cause of a problem.
Let's acknowledge what they're doing, and go for the throat.