The war, both theaters, was enough.
Everything else is as nothing without the security to be able to argue about them.
The pride in ourselves as Americans, even though the left chipped that away from a majority, was gravy.
Except that we now have Obama, who may very well roll most everything back in less than 4 years.
A shady character like his does not thrive in a vacuum ; Obama was THE most leftwing person in the Congress. Bush set the table with his growing government and spending and bailouts and the rest. He's got a good deal of culpability there, I'm afraid, IMO.