I would much rather the world hate us because our president is an unpredictable cowboy than laugh at us because our president is an entirely predictable wuss.
These reinforcements do not please me either. They are provided 60 days late, begrudgingly... by a Potus who really wants to lose the war BUT IS afraid to do what he really believes in. Liberal pundits are being FORCED support the policy as some kind of Bush cleanup operation rather than the GWOT to ensure another 9/11 does not happen.