The coalition forces should have left much earlier in Iraq, even USA friends of mine who are diehard republicans have told me that. They think Bush was extremely sloppy and careless in regard to Iraq.

A good point you have raised there. Donald trump, a famous conservative and republican is no fan of Bush, he has thought him stupid and blames him for leading the US to elect Obama, who is equally useless and now there is a commitee to run the country,because he is incapable. Obama is just coasting now, because he knows he can't be re-elected in 2016, and another democrat or republican will get in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL0igkxhZaE

Trump on China, Japan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Russia. I'm not a con, but I find myself agreeing with a lot he says here.