Yeah, I was in the front of the warmongers who wanted Saddam out of there - after Afghanistan we all got a little too greedy, I think.
Had I known that we had no plan for 'what happens afterwards', and had I believed Gen Shinseki instead of dismissing him as a Clinton shill along with the other Koolaiddrinkers around here, I would not have been in favor.
On balance, I still like Dubuya and certainly (I pray - for the sake of the nation) future events will hopefully lead history to treat him more kindly than present polls indicate.
But he was sold a bill of goods on Iraq, and stuck by the people who recommended the wrong strategy way too long.
It PAINS me to admit this, but its a FACT.
Now I pray we can get the Iraqi army to a decent state before we pull out...but I have my doubts there...we have unintentionally strengthened Iran's hand in the region with our failure in Iraq. A costly mistake.