Quote Originally Posted by Geoffrey S
It's weird.
Right-wing polticians underestimate potential problems in Iraq, or outright deny there are problems, whereas there was a lot of evidence at all phases of the war to show the opposite; basically just sticking their collective heads in the sand.
Correct - war never goes according to plan - and to pretend that it does is the failure of the Bush Adminstration.

Left-wing politicians seem to believe all problems can be solved by withdrawing and leaving behind something of a mess, and spend most of the time slinging mud at past decisions; this doesn't help anyone in the slightest, least of all Iraqis.
However the slinging of mud does have some effects. It polarizes the two sides into their camps. Prevents discourse on how to solve the issues other then requiring the troops to be withdrawn. It allows them to feel good about themselves because the right-wing aspects have been shown to be either mismanaged or wrong in their interpations or implentation.

Both pro- and anti-war politicians seem to lack the ability to take any kind of responsibility for the situation in Iraq and act according to how the situation really is, rather than engaging in factionalist politics and living in their little dream worlds. Sad, really.
Actually not completely correct - the United States and Great Britian have the obligation to fix what they have broken. That regardless of how you feel about the United States forcing the removing of Saddam's regime is indeed something that must be accomplished. Could it have been better? Sure - but only presenting an idealogue viewpoint on the issue is fun to counter when its such an obvious one at that.