You should have watched Hannity TV tonight. He had some actual Muslims on the show, lot more knowledgeable about middle-east than me and you because they have actually spent time there, whereas I have never been to Iraq. Based on what I heard, the Iraqi’s were voting for the leaders who followed their own version of Islam. They were NOT voting for a western style democracy.
I have never been either but there are a couple things I learned from returning vets and business people/non military. Pre and post 9/11.
1: never trust them. Ever.
2: porn mags are currency.
I saw about half of it and its taped so I will see the rest,
Very interesting ....there were some people saying democracy was taking root.....I think Islam is the antithesis of Democracy so its at the root of the problem...At the same time Bush had lots of reasons to go into Iraq and I think Cheney laid it out pretty well the other day.
Bush may have been overly optimistic,but given the situation I think he had to try.
I do think it could still improve but we are looking at many more years of pain.
Probably the worst thing Obama has squandered is our intelligence capability...We had little to none before 911 and to lose the gains that were made in that area is criminal