Did Iraq just win one for the Busher?

George W. Bush got just about everything wrong in Iraq, breaking that country into smithereens along the way. But did he get the biggest thing right? By Tish Durkin

Tish Durkin

Wouldn't it be weird if George W. Bush turned out to be right about Iraq?

Clearly, Bush and his merry band of neocons were wrong about plenty. They were wrong about weapons of mass destruction. They were wrong about Saddam Hussein's alleged, Kleenex-thin connection to 9/11. They were wrong about almost every practical decision they made and every word they said regarding the occupation.

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Tish Durkin is a journalist whose work has appeared in publications including the New York Observer, the Atlantic Monthly, the National Journal, and Rolling Stone. After extensive postings in Iraq and throughout the Middle East, she is now based in Ireland.