One need not be a "Bush detractor" to be uneasy about this mess.
And? I support Bush and it makes me uneasy as well. But I'm not going to sit around and harp about Bush not being able to predict every step of the way down to the minutest of details. That's absurd. It's disengenuous. It's childish. It's like people are saying "No, Bush said it would happen exactly like this and I figured I didn't need to give it any thought whatsoever- just believe him 100% and if it doesn't turn out exactly like he said..."
It just grates on me that's all. We've got enough problems with the dems carping. The Troops need support at this time as does the President. If he isn't going to get it from us- who then? This is a tricky and dicey situation we've got going on the ground in Iraq. There are more important things than having elections swiftly. I mean, they've had Saddam all this time they can endure another year (if needs be).
Let 'em enjoy their freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly etc for right now. Those things aren't being denied them. They have these things where they didn't before. Let them use these new freedoms to debate what kind of government to have- not just rush off half cocked and pick one out of the UN catalogue. It was over a decade after we declared or independence from England before we had our Constitution. As history should instruct the Iraqis, it pays sometimes to take it slowly and get it right.
When we get the lights up and running, law and order on the streets then we can move on to things that have lower priority- like elections.