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Bush pretty much bet his legacy on Iraq. If Iraq is able to maintain its democratic government and they can put together a military and police force that helps keep the peace and a democratic Iraq helps lead other middle eastern countries towards democracy as Bush has said it will, then he will be remembered as the guy who went against the grain and got the ball rolling and any other mistakes he has made will be put on the back burner and conveniently forgotten or overlooked.
More likely is that we will leave Iraq and eventually the government will be overthrown, there will be a civil war and things will go back to how they were before we invaded only with someone new in power and the middle east will continue to be the cluster fuck that it always has been then he will be remembers as the guy who spent billions to achieve nothing and got us involved in a war we couldn't win while driving the economy into the crapper.
It is kind of like sports. If you win everyone forgets the drama. When you lose your dirty laundry gets aired out for all to see.
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