If we were two Iranians sitting down in 2002 concocting a strategy to make Iran a dominant force in that region, we couldn't come up with a more effective plan than the one implemented by that retarded baboon in the White House at the time.
Troop pullout, primarily. Open support of “Muslim world” before that. And ultimately the JCPOA after that. That man did a lot of damage in his eight years. much of which is not openly discussed even now.
The first four years were run by seasoned old hands , but in Bush's second term they were ousted for a team of Bush cronies who were not up to the job.
Bush’s failure to secure a long term status of forces agreement for our troops was a fatal flaw, as was making the Iraqi government independent from American occupying forces.
We wet in, destroyed the Iraqi infrastructure and military , threw the government into chaos, destabilized the region and the, delivered Iraq into the hands of our mutual enemy.
I've never been disappointed in a president as with Bush 2. I really had great expectations of him. I remember waiting, waiting, waiting for him to do something about the border and illegals. Crickets.
And that war, useless loss of American lives, wasted treasure. 16 years later, a weaker America.