When you say, <"Remember, if the Left had their way, these people would be running ALL of Iraq right now."> You ignore, for example, that I consider myself one of "the Left" and this is not my position.

Really? You supported the war in Iraq? I know a number of liberals that do.

Go down the list of those who firmly believe we should never have invaded Iraq. That's the ones I'm talking about. Hell, quite a few influential people and groups think we should never have attacked Afghanistan. Maybe everyone has conveniently forgotten the world wide protests against the Afghanistan War at the end of 2001.