I won't disagree with that, and my officer friends in the military say the same thing--however they also are quick to state that (off the record) we probably should have never gone and that it was badly handled by the administration till Patreaus came on board (btw--they told me this BEFORE the gains in Iraq were very evident when the MSM and Hitler were still slamming him). The fact remains though that Nation building has never been a conservative trait nor has this global government going back to the 1800s, the beginning of the 1900s, the middle of the century and again when Bush was running for office in 2000 (he was the anti-war candidate in 2000 by the way, and Gore was the nation builder).
I’ll be the first to admit it’s been a badly managed war. Be that as it may, pulling out now and surrendering as kook RuPaul wants to do is not the way to end it.