I don't understand you...all of your arguments are made on the premise that the battle for Iraq was started in a vaccuum for no reason and with no history.
The stubborn fact is that the military survived without much support from the Clinton administration. They were underfunded and undermined by the Clinton Administration's non-response to Mogadishu, Embassy bombings, The USS Cole, just to name some.
No, they aren't. They are made on the premise that the "battle for Iraq" started long before 9/11, and I consider it an insult to my intelligence when anyone (either inside or outside the U.S. government) suggests otherwise.
They were underfunded and undermined by the Clinton Administration's non-response to Mogadishu, Embassy bombings, The USS Cole, just to name some.
What do you think the Bush administration would have done differently in response to these things (particularly the embassy bombings and the attack on the USS Cole)?