You’re right of course. If Bush had even a touch of support from the dems in this war, when Iran gave up the nuclear program in 03, it would have been for real. And the “insurgency” in Iraq would have been over before it got started.
Nothing is more popular than success.
Iran never gave up their nuclear program, they intend to build nukes and use them. These crazies want start a BIG WAR with hundreds of millions dead.