The Next Step for the GOP

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I think your assessment is correct for the Afghanistan war, but I believe the post 9/11 patriotism had subsided by 2003 when the Bush Administration pushed false info to get enough support to invade.

There is a difference between knowingly peddling false information so as to deceive and succumbing yourself to bad information through poor analysis. The former cannot be proven, though the latter demonstrably has been.

I wish it had been articulated from day one what the goals were/are in the WoT. It is pretty clear but has never been acknowledged. Should have been stated as part of a proposed DofW and then either done to the hilt or not.