Well, if Obama doesn’t screw the pooch, a lasting democracy in Iraq would do a lot to stabilize the region and reduce terrorism in the long run. But we can’t have that, can we? Then future historians might look upon Bush as a visionary. No, we will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, just like Viet-Nam, and the ensuing bloodbath will never be blamed on those responsible, the left in the United States.