Did you read what I wrote? Second paragraph, fourth sentence.
What does Bush saying we should stay in the ME indefinitely with no plan have to do with your claim that the WH did not send any representatives to the soldiers funeral (he did) and the fact that I did not jump all over Bush (I supported his logic)?
Bush saying that the ME would implode after the US with drew is like predicting the sun will rise in the east. No chit. We could stay in the ME till the turn of the century, loose thousands more lives, waste trillions of more dollars and the out come will still be the same.