Not to rain on anybody's parade, but his first choice for Alito's seat was Harriett Miers, and we know what a failure that was.
Dubya's a good man, but the culture as it exists now in Afghanistan will not change for decades, if not centuries. If the reason why we're there is to protect the women, then let's relocate them to a more civilized country. It will be a lot faster and cheaper than anything going on now.
So he made a mistake.. He is human.. At least he didn’t sign the Amnesty bill like Reagan..