What if Bush had said this is going to be a long war with substantial casualties on both sides at great cost to the USA and the Iraqi people but for a greater good in long run for the US, Iraq and the middle east in general, additionally there are believed to be WMDs in the region (and that whole WMD speil but who knows what what was lies and what was honestly bad information?)

I myself wouldn't be as disgusted with the carrying out of the war and I think would still have supported it back then seeing as the orignial reason I supproted it was to put pressure on Iran and Syria although that's not feasible anymore.

Would you have preferred this opposed to the they'll greet us with flowers and candy as liberators and the oil of Iraq willl cover the cost of the war? and more importantly blunt truth war have affected your opinon.