I really do not think GW is worried about saving face, he has some huge balls doing what was right and needed even though the Gore cry babies where whinning and bitching about it.
Maybe just maybe a country will think before aiding a terrorist group.
Example...Syria, North Korea, and Iran all want dialogue now. Why? Because GW has the balls Slick Willie did not have(that is except to put them on that fatty Monica's chin) to stand up to Rogue states with American might.