Because really, as president, can you afford to make mistakes like starting a war based on misinformation of his own intelligence apparatus (supposing that was the real reason)?

Look at the results:

Between 15.000 and 100.000 Iraqi civilians dead. (How many died on 9/11? Not implying that there was any link between that horror and the reasons for starting this war).

A lot more Arabs with a reason to be pissed of with the western world (unless losing family, jobs and/or house is not a valid reason to be pissed off). Europe is already feeling the pain.

Alienation of most US friendly nations in the world (Bush: "If you're not with us you are against us.") By the way from what I understood between 75 and 80% of US citizens living abroad voted Kerry. Going native you say ... why would they do that?

A large hit to the value and credibility of the UN. Still the only place to find some consensus on global issues.

The "free" press losing credibility by trying to stay in the middle of a conflict while being coerced and limited in their fact finding by the US government.

How many billions were spent on this war? Probably enough to put a tropical paradise for the Palistinian people in the Sinai solve the longest lasting conflict in the middle east once and for all and taking a lot of wind out of the sails for the arab terrorist cause. I am not talking about PLO but about those large majority of people who just want a job, home, marriage, children and some fun. Maybe an idea for another thread; what could have been done with all that money?

And still he did not get punished by the voters. Because of what ... ?