The political enemy we are fighting in Iraq is the Ba'ath Party. They are not a religion; they are an outgrowth of mid-Twentieth Century fascism (in fact, IIRC they were created in Mosul when Iraq was a Nazi puppet state).
Islam is a RELIGION, practiced by more than a billion people worldwide.
Do not confuse the two.
Nahhh. Couldn't be that we are competent. Hell no. Just crushed the "invincible" Soviet Empire without, really, firing a shot; stomped the vaunted "Republican Guard" in 1991; and now are on schedule to stuff Saddam's remains into a grenade launcher---all while launching major offensives against Al-Quaeda in Afghanistan. Yep, that's surely a sign of an inept nation.
Mrs. Wasp and I were just discussing the fact that after Gulf War I, we stood by while both the Kurds and the Shiites got such a Saddam blood baath . . .