As far as the WOT is concerned, he erred greatly in listening to the NeoCon intellectual mafia at first (who are largely Rudy people, btw) rather than the Generals. This led to severe errors in execution of the Iraq war.
The ONLY current difference between Republicans and DemocRats in DC is that:
Republicans prefer to borrow and spend us into bankruptcy.
DemocRATs prefer to tax, borrow and spend us into bankruptcy.
May God help us!