Thanks, Sawz. This is an interesting rationalization for Bush's long term effects. In a way it is like justifying starting a wildfire which cost many lives and destroyed many homes, because when you go back a year later, life has reasserted itself and things are starting to grow green again. So oobviosuly the wildfire was a Good Thing.

SImilarly, in my view, Bush's noble course of action was obstreperous and destructive in many, many ways and paid far too high a price in blood, tragedy, and terror.

The same benefits could have been acheived by more natural means at a much lower cost.

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