I have said all along that Bush basically bet his legacy on Iraq and the middle east. If 30,40, 50 years from now democracy has spread around the middle east and things are relatively peaceful, Bush will be credited as the guy who started the ball rolling with the invasion of Iraq. If that doesn't happen Bush will be seen as the guy who nearly bankrupted the country while fighting a war we didn't need to fight.
My opinion is that it will never happen. That part of the world has known nothing but violence and unrest since the beginning of recorded time and I see no evidence of that changing during our lifetime.
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