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Regarding this poll, Ratbastid nailed it.
Thinking more generally, our war with Iraq will not end well. "Create a Democracy" is not and cannot be an achievable military goal. (As opposed to "kill people until one of them was Saddam Hussein, then accept somebody's surrender and leave.") Democracy may be an especially poor fit for Iraq due to its non-democratic history, Suni/Shiite/Kurd divisions, and shortage of small farmers and/or small businessmen.
In the end, history judges presidents based on military actions, the economy, and scandals. I like President Bush and I'm a conservative. Personally I'm content that he tried to do what was right and didn't earn the condemnation of those who fought beside him. Yet I believe he will be rememberd by history as failing to find a clean end to the war with Iraq that his father began.
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