I think President Bush realizes this. I think he'll stay the course, but work on speeding things up a bit where he can.
As I see it, there IS no other way to get over this hill than to go through it. The Dems and Libs just posture away because they see this too, but were born to be nattering neigh-bobs of negativity. (Or maybe they are as clueless as they appear? Yeah. That's more likely, LOL!)
While I'm all for more fire power and @ss kickin' of terrorists, I'm thinking this thing called 'Democracy' has it's own timetable, which we can do little about.
How old is OUR Democracy again? Didn't it just happen overnight with no bloodshed and everyone involved just sitting around, holding hands and singing Kumbaya? *Wink*
Very good points about our democracy. I don't think we can make this part of the world think like westerners. I think the mistake in the administration's dealing with Iraq is this Don Quioixtish idea of democratizing these backwards folks.
I don't believe in pushing our beliefs on others. Once we caught Saddam, we should have executed him on Iraqi TV, packed up our bags, and left a big note on the door of Iraq reminding whoever takes control to remember what happenned to Saddam. With a promise to return and string up another pain in our ass if necessary. That would have made the point very clear in these savages minds.
I don't want my enemies to love me. I don't want them to hate me. I wan't them to FEAR me.