William Arkin takes on that question in his blog. The Bush admin. is shifting away from the goal of establishing democracy in the failed state of Iraq.
It seems the reason Bush went to war all along was simply to get rid of Saddam. Everything else, WMDs, war on terror, establishing democracy, and the latest reason -- to fight Al Queda -- was window dressing serving as a rationale for going to war. When Bush stood in front of the banner "Mission Accomplished" it was more that a Rovian trick...it was the brutal truth. We had removed Saddam. That's all the administration really wanted to accomplish. That's why they had no plan for a post-Saddam Iraq, why they failed to supply enough troops, why they failed to provide security, rebuild infrastructure and keep the country from slipping into civil war.
I bought the Administration's argument hook, line and sinker in the run up to the War. But I now think it was a huge strategic mistake that distracts us from the real threats, like Iran and North Korea.
But at least W. got back at the man who tried to kill his daddy.
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