First of all, Bin laden was not offered to Clinton...that's a deliberate distortion of the facts, and Navy Pride should know better. But enough about Clinton...I don't need to defend him since polls show a majority of Americans believe Clinton to be more honest and trustworthy then Bush.
As far as Iraq...we now have democratically elected leaders of the Kurdish, Sunnui, and Shiite's that want a timetable established for all U.S. troops to withdraw. Each leader of these factions have stated they want U.S. troops to leave Iraqi soil.
That means no permanent bases...no temporary bases...no nothing.
Iraq is split into 3 factions, as described above. Each of these factions will be loyal to their sectarian leaders, and not to any future central government that is established. Do any of us believe that the Sunnui's will be loyal to a government controlled by a majority of Shiites? Do any of you believe the Kurds will be loyal to a central government?
If you do, you're living in a dream world. The democracy that Bush proposes will never be the democracy that Bush envisions. It ain't gonna happen folks. The worst case scenario is civil war...the best case is a fractured nation, much like Lebanon, with different leaders representing their respective people with no thought of compromise, and outright suspicion and distrust of the other factions. It has been this way for generations and will continue to be this way.
Bush has led us into an impossible scenario. I predict that the U.S. will maintain a military prescence in Iraq until the day each of us dies, or the U.S. goes bankrupt from the irresponsible spending and borrowing of this fiscally retarded president. Remember...you heard it here first.
