I disagree...I have listened to all of President Bush's speeches...and I have read a lot of analyse's of the Bush Doctrine.
I DO believe he understands the enemy...and what this WAR will entail..and he has warned us repeatedly that this is not going to be easy or short.
However, he is working with a State Dept...and a MEDIA and Congresspeople that have openly fought him from the get go.
I think you were pretty dismissive of both he and Rummy in an unfair way...but, that is your opinion, and you are entitled to that.
I haven't seen any posts that have even ventured a guess that perhaps the reason we HAVEN'T been hit again, is because President Bush understands the enemy, and it doing a lot of things that unfortunately the media and the Dems and the agencies would rather LEAK...than give Bush credit for.
Basically, we won the Iraq war and won it easily.
If Bush were the cowboy tyrant that some of his detractors accuse him of being, we could easily have installed a benevolent dictator friendly to the U.S. and ruthlessly destroyed any enemies to that regime.
Bush's dream was to establish a democracy in the center of the MidEast; maybe not a U.S. democracy (he certainly wouldn't wish Teddy, Cary, Pelosi et al on anyone) but a democracy nevertheless.
That's the thing that's made this whole Iraq situation messy.
The Prez may not be able to realize the dream, but it is a noble one.
It's hard to say this without sounding heartless to the dear and brave people we have lost over there, but, really, it's been a relatively safe war for our troups. Parts of LA would be more dangerous for young men.
NO if Bush and congress understood the enemy and what the enemy wants to do our End Troop Strengths would be at least no less than a third stronger. But what do the numbers facts say about it? We are at a 1996 manpower level yet we are at war? Get real Please!
Bush is too busy being Mr Globalist Trade Broker to take the actions needed to win the war and the GOP which is a split party thanks to him as well lacks the fortitude as well. Which leaves us what? A Self Proclaimed RINO POTUS who is more aligned with DEMs that Conservatives on most issues.
From the second night in the war in Iraq it was obvious to many he didn't take us to Iraq for a quick victory or even a miliitary victory. He took us there for a Poppy Legacy a 1000 points of Poppy Liberalism mission but no not for a war as war has been defined throughout history. There is no other way to win at war but to eliminate the enemy or to make the incapable of fighting. Neither is going to happen under the current policies. Bush is building New Babylon for a next thug dictator the Jihad Clerics will in fact install. You grand kids will be fighting the Bush Legacy because of it. A much stronger enemy at that. Why? Because he failed to understand the culture and nature of the M.E.
Read what I posted about war. Do you have the stomach for it? Or do you wish to continue to support a charade that leads ultimately to our defeat and ruin of our nation? At the going rate of the Bush War Doctrine they are growing in population and members faster than we are taking them out. At this rate we witll be there 50 years from now doing the same if we have a military left.