[sixpacktr]

MOE,

I agree with you that the war should have been fought better. We have reached a point where, because of our technology, we think that we can have a bloodless (at least on our side) war, and the fact is that you need 'boots on the ground' to make it last. The surge has been a huge success, and it is too bad that it took so long to implement it. Who's to blame? Pres Bush or Congress? Hmm, that's a toughie. Given that after the initial sweep in and destruction of the Iraqi dictatorship the shrill cries from the left and traitors of this country seemed to domininate all discussion. My personal opinion is that Pres Bush should have given them all the Bronx cheer and put more troops in earlier, wiped out Sadr and some of the others, and we'd be done with it. Instead, he tried (and we wanted) to fight this on the cheap, lob a few bombs (like Clinton) and hope to scare them.

I stick by my claim that someday GW will be regarded as a great President, because he did take on the terrorists. Pres Lincoln was roundly criticized throughout most of his Presidency for everything that could go wrong, but now we call him the 2nd greatest if not our greatest President, because he preserved the Union. And his detractors have ended up on the trash heap of history. Much like the Messiah Barack, Billary, Pellosi, Brother Reid, and others will.

And Islander. right on. None of us have had to make those tough decisions, based upon the info available. So easy to criticize when the most important decision most of us face during the day is what to eat that night, or whether to watch Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune...I'd wager if you gave some of the people I noted above the reins of power they'd make about the same decision, because their rantings right now are so absolutely inane that no one in their right mind would actually believe the BS (Barbra Streisand) flying out of their mouths...