Me, too. “Some people are fit only to be ruled by despots.” That saying, from a long deceased British, applies particularly well to all Mudslimes. Yet, a somewhat friendly word for Bush. He, unlike the Mahdi, seemed able to learn from his mistakes. When he decided to deal with Quaddafi, instead of destroying another bloody Islamic ruler, he used the threat of force most effectively to flip him and make him our ally. The Mahdi, of course, on seeing that success and how helpful Quaddafi was, decided to overthrow him and murder him, and did so. That left the door open to the Madhi’s co-religionists, AQ and the MB. So, thanks primarily to the Mahdi, here we are now looking at the prospect of many more 9/11s.
Mahdi?
"There are peoples in this world who are not ready for democracy, and for religious and cultural reasons may never be ready. The best to be hoped for is a benevolent dictator, preferably one loyal to the US, not the Soviets."
-- Barry Goldwater, over half a century ago
Even when he's been dead for 17 years, in your heart you know he's right.