I don't hate M.S...but I do think he is very hard on GW who is doing a pretty good job on the war in a very difficult country. How long did our civil war last? This is not a typical war and life has improved alot for the huge majority of Iraqis. It would just be good if Michael's criticism was more constructive and also included so much of the freat gains made.
Much of his criticism has been very constructive. He has pointed out that we seem to be moving to a Vietnma-style politiican-driven strategy and that isn't a victory strategy. He was the one to call for bombing the Triangle of Death, where we know the enemy congregates. he has been very critical of putting our own troops on death row for doing their jobs, i.e., trying to win the war, while we coddel and often release terrorists and do little to prevent tehm from sneaking into our country. These are specific policy ideas, just not the kind that certain Establishment Republicans are looking for.