that Afghanistan proved we wouldn't take crap anymore. IMO, Iraq has siimply proved our limitations and sent the signal to rogue nations that they better get nukes or they are fair game. Additionally, it told billions of people around the globe that our intel and our leadership cannot be trusted to be right. We will never It will be a long time before we get the benefit of the doubt again. And like most experts say, we cannot win this battle to make the world safer on our own.

While you can choose to believe that Bush was just mistaken but made the right decision given the intel, I cannot fathom how anyone can still believe that this action was worthwhile.