Let history be the judge
It has been said that a politician is concerned about the next day, while a statesman is concerned about the next generation.
Using that as a standard, there are very few statesmen in the Congress today, if at all. And while few people recognize it, President Bush is in second place, behind Ronald Reagan.
Here is a blast from the past: HISTORIANS OFTEN VIEW PRESIDENTS WHO BEGAN UNPOPULAR WARS DIFFERENTLY THAN PEOPLE AT THE TIME.
The post is from Michelle Malkin who comments on Betsy Newmarks passage about how Presidents get raked over the coals by the days politicians.
Read the post. It's very eye opening. And it tells you that a lot of people can't see the forest for the trees. There will always be nutcases pleading for peace at any cost, not realizing that the opposite of war is not peace, but slavery.
War is not to be entered into lightly, but when it is, you must stay the course and fight to win. To do any less is to defeat yourself and destroy any good you have done.
Remember that.