ican711nm wrote:I think Bush is sometimes honestly competent, but too often honestly incompetent.
The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were necessary to rid both nations of gangster governments--governments that mass murdered their non-murdering people--and to exterminate the al-Qaeda affiliates that had gained sanctuary in each country. However, Bush did a lousy job of explaining that after we invaded Iraq. He also has done a lousy job transfering control of each country to their people's new governments.
Instead of fussing about timelines, Bush should have publically declared the conditions the new governments of each country had to meet for the USA military to continue to remain in each country after invasion and help them defend their countries.
There are gangster governments all over the world, and it is not our job to police the world. We have neither the military nor treasury for this. Moreover, Bush went into Iraq for its oil, as reported by McCain and Greenspan, and confirmed by available documentation.
We should have gone into Afghanistan for al-Qaida only, and then immediately leave. We didn't have to take over and occupy the country, where we are now stuck. We will most likely be eventually driven out as happened to the USSR.
You should read history to see what happened to the Roman Empire, Nazi Germany, and similar.