Remember the opening speech in the movie
Patton? "Americans love a winner - and cannot tolerate a loser." Boy George (aka El Busho) is finally losing big time in the polls because folks are finally realizing that he's failing in Iraq just like he failed in New Orleans. Consider this quote from the Washington Post:
The most important is the extension of Iranian influence, if not outright control, into southern Iraq, where Shiites are predominant and oil is found in abundance. The north of Iraq is already a functional Kurdish republic. It, too, has oil. That leaves the Sunni middle around Baghdad. It has no oil but will be rich in aggrieved people -- a vast recruiting ground for al Qaeda.
(Source: Washington Post A War Without Winners Nov. 3, 2005.)
Seems like enough years have passed and funerals held for Middle America to wake up and say "Isn't the Mid East supposed to be a bunch of peaceful democracies by now?