"[Somalia] started off as a humanitarian mission and it changed into a nation-building mission, and that's where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building. I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war. I think our troops ought to be used to help overthrow the dictator when it's in our best interests."
-Gov. George W. Bush, October 11, 2000
This is a great quote by Bush. The funny thing is during the run up to the war in Iraq I remember all the Democrats demanding that we didn't just wreck the place and leave...that we "won the peace". In response statements like Powell's "you break it you buy it" were made in order to placate the Dems. If anyone pushed us into nation-building it was the Democrats as a condition for their support on Iraq. Nonetheless, I think the main goal is that we don't let Iran do the nation building. However that can be accomplished, I suppport.