Wow Bam Bam, that was pretty heart-wrenching.
Now then, let's hear how you would have acted at the time if you were in charge. From what I remember, the House and Senate both voted in support of the war. At the time, all information pointed to Iraq having/making terrible weapons. Not to mention, the past history of Saddam killing off his own people with chemical weapons. When we made the move into Afghanistan, we essentially moved on all of the terrorist countries in that part of the world.
I look at our President and see a man doing the necessary evils that I would not have the Kahoni's to do. Believe me, he feels the pain and mourns the death of those soldiers much more intensely than you or I could ever imagine.
Get off of you high horse and tell us just exactly how you would have proceeded at that time of national unrest. I would be interested to hear how the families of those KILLED in the attack on 9/11 would react to your "go hug the terrorists" response.