I can’t be certain, but things might have turned out better if Bush had asked for and the Congress granted him an official declaration of war. Of course then we would have been obligated to fight the battle for Iraq like it was a real war. The invasion was a huge success. The aftermath has been a difficult nut to crack. Its been handled with too much poltiical correctness. The US military is not a police force or a nation building contingent. Nor is it meant to spread “democracy” to the Islamic world. The US military is desgined to fight battle and win wars. Hopefully before Bush leaves office, we can get achieve some sort of success. I’d still like to see a strong and sizeable US presence left in Iraq for years to come. This WOT is gonna last a long time.
Right. But the U.S. military hasn’t fought a “real war” since 1945, so I don’t know why anyone would have expected this one to be any different.
You can bet exactly that will happen regardless of who becomes President. A week or two after inauguration, 'new facts will come to light' that require us to stay in Iraq. -- Namely, that the middle east will explode into WWIII if we leave.
What else is new?