Many of us were all over GWB for exactly what you described. Don’t you remember how many people left this site or were banned back then because they dared to question that idiocy?
I raged at him on FR for the weak actions in Iraq vis-a-vis Al Sadr, Paul Bremer, "helping girls" and insanely arming "Afghan allies" in Afghanistan. But we always had a Hobson's choice with Bush. "Sure he tried to give us Harriet Miers, but do you want 'President Kerry??'"