And what intellectually honest standards are those??? Iraq is very close to falling into all out civil war. The Iranians have a strong influence over the Shiites and there is a very good possibility that Iran will be more influential in Iraq than the US. So much for building a pro-Western Democracy!
Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Wolfowitz have made obscene miscalculations about Iraq. There predictions have been dead-wrong and, forgive me, everything now sounds like spin rather than getting the job done.
It is still too early to say whether the mission in Iraq will succeed or fail but how can you think that it is currently successful?
Document one miscalcualtion from each (and I do mean document, don't just rant).