Speaking of predictions, let's remember these, shall we?
-the "Arab Street" would explode
-Iraqi refugees would strain neighboring countries
-we'd lose 10,000 soldiers (in the actual war against Saddam)
-Iraq war would cause terrorist attacks back here
-Israel would be under siege (although this was probably wishful thinking)
-hundreds of oil fields would be set ablaze
I was going down memory lane on the most popular predictions at FR. Yeah, you can find extreme predictions on on both sides that were wrong....though folks like Ron Paul were more careful. Interstingly, some of your "wrong" predictions were not so wrong after all. Iraqi refugees have indeed strained neighboring countries. The Christian population is rapidly declining, for example. Certainly nobody in their right mind is now actually moving to Iraq. The Arab Street hasn't exploded but Arabs (contra the Wilsonian predictions) have shown time and again that they have nothing but contempt for democracy in their votes.....so that's pretty much the same thing.