Ok, this is why Bush knew what he was doing.
So, after 9/11, the terrorists were hiding in Afganistan, which is a great move on their part. NO ONE CAN WIN A WAR IN AFGANISTAN. NO ONE. Alexander the great got the shit beat out of him there. Russia got molested there. Napoleon got destroyed there. It is IMPOSSIBLE to win a war in afganistan. The people are tribal, so it is impossible to eliminate the enemy. The landscape is extremely mountainous, making it the perfect defensive point. There are thousands of thousands of caves for the enemy to hide in. The only way we could have garenteed the death of Osama Bin Laden and his orginization was to nuke the entirty of Afganistan. So, how do we kill an enemy without going to them. I'll tell you how.
You bait them to you.
After a year and a half, the war in Afganistan was sucking. We were making no progress. We could not find the enemy, let alone attack them. So we attacked Iraq. "Oh, attacking Iraq had nothing to do with the terrorists" Yea right. Invading Iraq had everything to do with attacking Al-Queda. We attacked the Muslim holy land. EVERY EXTREMIST MUSLIM LEADER CALLED ON EVERY MUSLIM TO GO TO FIGHT FOR THE HOLY LAND SO THAT THE CHRISTIANS COULD NOT TAKE IT. Americans thing we're fighting terrorism. Terrorists thing their fighting a new crusade. We brought Al-Queda and every muslim terrorist who hates America to one place. And we fight them in a landscape that we can fight in. We also turn to a defensive model instead of an offense. THE DEFENSE ALWAYS WINS THE TIE. Plus, we took down a major dictator in the proccess, getting the support of militaries all over the world. INVADING IRAQ WAS THE BEST MOVE BUSH MADE HIS ENTIRE PRESIDENTIAL CAREER. And we're going to realize this when Obama leaves Iraq and pushes on Afganistan and starts to get the shit beat out of him