I can't speak of the Vietnam War, or the Korean War and who lost them. But I watched the inception of this war and its development to what it is now and here is what I watched.
It all happened and I am sure it is preserved somewhere on video. If we don’t use selective memories, reverse logic and/or Virtual Reality I am sure we all will agree that all the following are facts. We may disagree on what it means, but all of it happened in real life:
A man running to be the president of the United States told everyone in sight that he is fed up with caring about the world's problems and Nation-Building and he would just concentrate on domestic policies. That he didn't care that much about those treaties that previous administrations signed because he didn’t think they serve the US interests. He told everyone that he will cut taxes and he is the un-Clinton. Everything done by Clinton/Gore will be history and he would restore honor to the White House. This man appointed another man to look for his ticket running-mate. The appointed man could find no man suitable for the job in the nation, the World's Lone Superpower, except himself. And so it was, the man and his appointee were on the ticket.
50% of the people plus ONE vote elected this man. and because that ONE vote was from The Supreme Court's justices, no one can challenge that. So he became president ..... against all odds.
Once he got to the white house, he did exactly what he promised, he cut taxes, dismantled the government that was in place and replaced it with all his buddies, distributed the budget surplus to his friends, aka oil companies and rich people and he cancelled few treaties he didn’t like.
THEN, 9/11 happened. What a bummer !!!!
The man who didn’t want to have anything to do with the world found himself face to face with the world. Of course all was down hill from that point on.
People blame him for what happened, to the war, to the budget, to the government, to the congress .... to the country. That is really unfair. he told the people he didn’t want anything to do with the world and they elected him, he said he is going to invade Iraq and they supported him, he said he was going to cut taxes and they loved it. Even after it was obvious that the man's ideas almost always lead to disasters, the people Re-elected him.
you really cant blame a man for doing what he promised to do and continue to do what the people knew he was going to do. if it turns out that his actions result in disasters, why blame him? The blame rests with the people, their media and their congress. Not with the man.
We all are to blame for what is happening.