Who said anything about Bush?
It's the whole hearts and minds thing, remember?
Our behavior is testimony to our principles, not the other way around. Think for a second why the people in the region are already hostile. Who have been our pals? The Shah and his secret police. Until the invasion of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein. And the Taliban were okeydokey, even as they oppressed their women for years and years, until 911, because they were antiCommunists. We reap what we sow. Any bad behavior only magnifies the ill will already there.
But Buck has got it right. You will believe what you want.