LOTM:

I am in the odd position of being a supporter of the war who proposed a meaningful alternative strategy. I quietly proposed overthrowing the House of Saud as a precursor to overthrowing Saddam Hussein.

It is difficult to say whether my recommendation would have been better than Bush’s strategy. It may have been worse. I have supported the liberation of Iraq for many reasons, but one important one is that the principal alternative to liberating Iraq presented by opponents was sitting on our hands and doing nothing other than bowing down to Islamist tyrants.

As it is, the very stalemate that exists in Iraq is a strategic improvement over Saddam Hussein’s regime; I still regard the liberation of Iraq to be a strategic victory. I had actually expected the situation in Iraq to be considerably worse than it has turned out to be. It is far from perfect, but it is not quite the disaster I had feared.