To tell you the truth I thought that the Bush doctrine was worth a try but was doomed to failure until we really lower the boom on the Islamo-facists. Maybe it'll work yet.
Maybe you differ ovcr what "lowering the boom" means. Seems to me that Bush has been doing that for about four years.
Here is one thing that Bush & Co. understand that very few others do, including many Republicans: We either democratize the Middle East or we are finished. "Containment" just isn't an option anymore. Allowing totalitarian/authoritarian dictatorships or monarchies to remain in power there is like refusing to drain a malaria-mosquito laden swamp in your back yard. Sooner or later, the mosquitoes will get in your house and infect you. Creating a peaceful, democratic Middle East will drain the terrorism swamp. But even if we succeed with that, to carry the analogy further, there may still be enough puddles left to breed a terrorist group that still manages to build or get a hold of some nuclear weapons and wipe out some big cities. For all we know, it may already be too late to stop that. But democratizing the place is our only chance.