Yes, Iraq and Iraq Redux are Shrub's fault. This (US) poor, wretched country

(from my e-mail to the local radio talkshow wingnut: )

Yeah, you parroted every ShrubCHEENEE weekly changing rationale for the illegal aggression, until, when every one of them was shot down so to speak, you came up with one that actually made sense (which the Shrub regime never actually adopted): “We need to kick somebody's butt.” Still, it might have been nice to select the CORRECT butt to kick. But Shrub was on his own mission, to take revenge on all of the BUSH family enemies --- Saddam, yes, but top to bottom GORE, Dan RATHER, and the list goes on. Plus he has sealed all of Poppy’s and his records.

So the current chaos everywhere but especially Iraq Redux, yes, it’s Shrub’s fault and OBAMA’s to be mired in the clean-up again. Who says wingnuts are for small government – trillions in boondoggles from this to “border security” and bailouts.

And, who are these “insurgents” – first we’re told they’re Al Qaeda, now it’s turning out they’re KURDS. Aren’t these the poor oppressed minority we were supposed to be championing???????

Gratuitous addendum: Here's remembering the dead crew when Poppy was parachuting.