Here are my thoughts on the war in Iraq. I think we should have went in there, but with a lot more troops, we should have devastated Iraq, destroyed their army and killed Sadam. When we caught that dirtbag we should have pulled out and left the country as it was. No rebuilding etc. The war would not have been unpopular because it would have been over with very few casualties, we would have taught the terrorists that if you mess with the states you get a boot up your a** and then we could have sent more troops into Afghanistan, cleaned house there and left(yes, we would have had a bunch of crap from the media about leaving the country in a mess, but they left ours in a mess didn’t they?). Dubya was a big coward in lots of ways. Sure, he is compassionate, he is a gentleman and overall a nice person, but he was not tough enough in the long run and he listened to the wrong people. Not fighting your opponents is not compassionate, it is cowardly.
I agree with you 1000% on every single point you made.
I have been saying the same thing for years here.
But I think Bush’s problem is he is a one-worlder and really believes the trype he spouts about Muslims and third world people think the same was western Europeans and Americans do about government and Democracy.
Clearly, history was not his strong point.
If so, good. :-)