Reply #25: it was politics, [View All]

[Hamlette]

War presidents are "popular" presidents and history only remembers the war presidents.

I think Bush bought into the theory that the war would be easy and cheap. Like when his daddy fought Iraq...in and out in a few weeks....approval ratings in the 90s.

Then he could show that he had "solved" the war on terror where the dems were too chicken to do anything about the problems in the ME.

It was all part of the republican "revolution" to become the "permanent" majority party (nee: take over the country).

I think the smarter minds in the GOP realize the GOP deal with the religious right was a deal with the devil and the party will have to break ranks with the religious nut cases eventually (as the religious right gets nuttier and nuttier. They are going to demand the GOP outlaw abortion and then birth control? sort of sounds like it to me). So how will the party appeal to voters? The way they did before Bush sold the party to Jerry Falwell: defense/fear. They need a new cold war and a win against the ME would have been a great campaign slogan. Or at least showing they were standing up to the awful communists...err...I mean terrorists. Same war/fear, different year.

It's all politics for Bush and Rove. Iraq is NO different.