[mburbank]

Yeah. I think the next President, Republican or Democrat, will do a far, far better job. But boy will they have a mess on their hands.

I guess my fear is that W wants to make sure that the situation the next Presdient inherits is something he (or she, I guess) can't walk away from. I think he's already done this in Iraq, but he's a pretty focused guy, and I believe he thinks 'spreading democracy' to be a quasi religous calling to him speciffically. I think he wants a situation that the next President won't be able to pussy out of.

That being said, you know I respct your military accumen quite a bit, and I'm really, really glad you think it won't come to that.