As best I can tell there is no longer a WOT in the Middle East. We have now accepted Syria and Iran although they sponsor terrorism. We are not positioned to take out the Iranian nuke program.
I think Bush long ago wimped out, he sidelined Cheney, tossed out Rumsfeld, the Neocons left. We now are into "finding a way out." Absolutely pathetic and ineffective.
A politically correct war can never be won. Political correctness guarantees a military loss.