>One thing thet the Bush Camp failed to do was define some end state goals.
>
>They should have said, "When we accomplish our goals, the situation in Iraq
>will look like 1) blah blah, 2) blah blah" and so on.
>
>The problem with going into 'nation building' like this is that no one, not even
>the Bush crowd, know what the exit stategy is, so there is no real way to know
>when we can leave.

Mark my words - if ever they decide to leave, they'll find some cute phrase to explain the why and the WTF, and make it look as if that's what they were saying all along.

Logic doesn't work, don't even try.