Thanks for the GWB quotes. Without any doubt, he is one of the genuinely great figures in all history. It's difficult to compare leaders from different eras, but I put GWB in the same category as Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln, FDR (only as far as his prosecution of WWII), Reagan, Churchill, and a few others.
I completely agree with you. It's funny that he's been saying exactly the same thing for years now, as true visionaries do, yet the left remains surprised at his articulation of the "new" Bush Doctrine.