And yet...
...you guys would have been a lot happier if Bush and company could have gotten use into Iraq much quicker, and without all the endless haggling in congress, the press, and the UN. At least that's so judging by the things you said on HZ at the time.
I think you don't know what you are really talking about when you talk about governmental power. I think you just mean power for your guys should not be considered as power. Like Bachmann thinks that government debt caused by cutting taxes should not be counted as government debt.