[Danzig]

i think you're incorrect. i also think it was a mistake to go over there, as it did nothing to enhance our national security. if anything, it's made our position, and our allies positions, weaker. and as for the middle east, it's worse over there now, with iran having no one in a position of power to keep them in check, as was the case with iraq before. that's why we're trying so hard now to make an agreement about keeping a position of power in iraq. bush blew it. he, and mccain and others, thought it would be soooo easy to go in there and finish what daddy started. but daddy and everyone would have 'finished' it back in '91-but they all knew that iran would immediately take advantage of the power vacuum should saddam be taken out. and what happened this time? exactly that. bush failed to consider the bigger picture, he lied about not wanting to engage in nation building. he didn't take everything into consideration, just marched in there to fix everything. instead he's made it a lot worse.
i don't miss saddam one bit, but we sure didn't have iran threatening to go nuke before, or posturing about removing isreal from the face of the earth. and anyone who thought violence wouldn't ensue from war (hello!) didn't study, and ignored their middle east experts!