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Bush made a very bad mistake in trying to sell the Iraq war as a wonderful Christian thing to do; make Iraq a democracy.

He never gave any indication that it was 'the Christian thing to do', but he did say it was the RIGHT thing to do, and I agree. The Middle East needs to be pulled kicking and screaming out of the attitudes of the 7th century, and having one modern, tolerant, nation of free people in the middle of all the others can certainly not hurt!

It is in our country's best interest that terrorism be rooted out. Sadaam, among his many other faults, was supporting terrorism. He may not have directed or paid the 9/11 bombers, but he was certainly supporting those who believed in the same things as the bombers.

Bush made a very bad mistake in trying to sell the Iraq war as a wonderful Christian thing to do; make Iraq a democracy.
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I didn't post this comment. I reacted to a post that contained this analysis. My point was that Bush did not fully comprehend the strength of the islamic response to our invasion. He thought he would have a desert storm repeat and it would destroy the islamist threat before it could get started. He came up with the Democratic Iraq justification after the mission bogged down, and we found no WMD's. He underestimated his enemy, and overestimated the American resolve to avenge 9-11 and destroy the roots of terrorism, which of course is radical islam. It was too much too fast for a democracy such as ours, that takes forever to reach consensus, and grows tired of war very quickly. He started something he can't finish, a gamble he must pay the price for, and one that jeopardized American security. That is the unvarnished truth. I am not saying I would have done differently, because everything becomes so much easier with the benefit of hindsight. Having said that however, it now becomes necessary to reassess our mission and do what must be done to win this battle. Bush has nothing to lose at this point. He is a lame duck, but still the commander in chief of the strongest military on the face of this earth. I think he should enlist Israel in an attack on Syria, for supplying arms to hizbullah and invade from both israel and iraq. This would force iran's hand before they have the nuclear cards to win. After control is established, the boarders around iraq and syria should be sealed and the terrorists in both states ruthlessly destroyed. If iran is foolish enough to attack in defense of syria we should nuke their nuclear centrifuge and invade. If not they will be isolated and emasculated prior to the final ultimatum to stop producing nuclear fuel. At that point they will know we mean business. The chances of this happening are less than 10% because as I have said previously, the American people do not believe we are in WWIII. They think its some kind of police action that Bush and the chicken hawks f-ed up. Anything less that the military response at this point will be insufficient to deal with the threat and will show us as a paper tiger and prove the jihadists correct in their assessment of our internal weakness. If the military option is chosen it has a 95% chance of success. I can't emphasize enough that we are the military superpower of the world and we have the fire power to do whatever we have the courage to do. the fact that we won't do it points out how unwilling we are to defend our freedom and defeat our enemy.