We either decide to wipe out every dictator, or not. Our half-@**ed approach has led to a lack of a decisive decision. We failed in Gulf War I, and we’re working towards it in GWII.
I was not for going in, since we cloaked the decision in UN resolutions. But then, we should have hammered everyone who lifted a gun against us. Instead, we did nothing for three years and let the opposition firm up against us.
Patton was rolling in his grave over this war.