You ached for the president to say something like, "We made some mistakes and our intelligence was far from perfect. But we're there now, Saddam is gone, and we've got to get through the tough times. Experience has made us realistic enough to know we can't establish instant democracy. Democracy can't be established from the top, a people has to grow into it. But we can make sure Iraq in the foreseeable future is not the threat we thought it was, and give the Iraqi people a chance." Unfortunately, the notes of humility and realism that might have made President...