> The invasions initial execution was beautiful (first few days) War is not beautiful. The invasion was a revolting, unnecessary horror from conception to now,

> The invasions initial execution was beautiful (first few days) War is not beautiful. The invasion was a revolting, unnecessary horror from conception to now, where it still has not ended and shows no sign of an end. As far as Bush not listening to generals, etc. I don't believe Bush was anything more than a figurehead. Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc. were the decision makers. They knew what they were doing, and they didn't have an exit strategy because exiting was never their goal.