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Can we throw Sean Penn in on the deal? As a bonus?

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Was it worth it?

Well, this has gone pretty much exactly as I thought it would. (I was frustrated with Bush early on giving overly rosy estimates of casualties and an overly optimistic timetable.) And I have supported this endeavor from the beginning--and still do support it. In my opinion, the payoff is long-term. Having a stable democracy in the ME is a very good thing, but it will take 20 or 30 years to get to that point. I really think history will look back on this war much like we look back on the American Revolution: That it is obvious in retrospect that the payoff was worth the risk. Right now we are at the end of the second act: the darkest hour. Whether this ends a tragedy or a drama rests squarely on the shoulders of one George W. Bush. I will judge his presidency a success or a failure based on what he does next.