“WMD was one reason to enter Iraq, like the need to close down terrorist funding and training and the need to provide the Arab world with an alternative to totalitarian rule.”
First, I agree that Bush wrong to pin so much of his argument on WMD. I think he was committed to PNAC’s vision, and was looking for whatever argument would sell.
Second, Iraq’s training and funding of terrorists was dwarfed by Saudi Arabia’s. Do you think we should invade Saudi Arabia?
Third, if it is worth it to provide the Arab world with an alternative to totalitarian rule using military force (and spending trillions), then don’t you think it’s worth doing what it takes to save the people of Darfur from starvation, rape and murder? Or the millions of other Africans suffering at the hands of tyrants and warlords?
“casualties only 20% higher than Clinton in his first term?” 2,000 Americans died in combat in Clinton’s first term? Where?
There are many reasons the war is taking as long as it is. An incompetent execution is only a small part of the reason. But, if Bush had any sense (like his father), he’d have known it would take this long.
