Originally Posted by Tempest

Really?? As much as I REALLY hate to admit it, IF democracy etc take hold in Iraq and Afganistan, it will eventually expand and stabalize the region... So in a couple centuries, he could very well be looked on favorably as someone who had a "positive" impact in the world with his "visionary" actions... History rarely remembers all the little crap like the fucked up US economy, the quantity of people killed in the process etc. etc. etc.