I agree totally... my biggest complaint about any of the Bush's has been their too-niceness when attacked by slime... one thing to turn the other cheek, but to foist the likes of Clinton off on us is another story.
Its a bit like the WOT, we are fighting people who dont care who they kill, and here we worry about one civilian ending up in the middle of a fire fight. We are fighting with one hand tied behind our backs.