I agree. Historic opportunities have been missed the last three years because after the race to Baghdad we became tentative and cautious and pulled our punches rather than keep the momentum rolling. Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, even Iran, all would look very different today if we had had the courage to take the tide of the affairs of men at the flood.
FNC now reporting details of RAT/RINO plans to undermine CinC and troops. Traitors.
We had the courage. The press and the left deprived us of popular support, however, and this made us look like vicious invaders and tyrants - even though we were about the most polite and sensitive bunch of folk that ever "occupied" a country.
I think what we really needed was leadership that didn't give a darn about internal dissent/treason/etc. and went ahead, and I think Bush has finally gotten to the point where he's willing to do this.