Gee, I wonder why I initially thought your take was simplistic and silly?
Horsehockey. It's not a failed military venture. The military part of it was quite successful. It's been the typical lesson in how little politicians can actually accomplish, despite what amounts to pretty much a blank check - take note of this, liberals. Iraq is a terrific example of why your idea of Motherment WILL NEVER WORK.
He didn't use it as "his number" or as a solution. It was an example in comparison to a completely different type of conflict in virtually ever way. I wouldn't call anything else he has stated as hard to fathom, as academia has little practical world experience and prefers to overanalyze things using hindsight as their guide.
The Iraq situation was doomed to failure for a variety of reasons. Most of which I doubt you or any of the other lefty parrots could come close to stating with anything other than blind luck. Of course, I pretty much called this from the initial mustering - to a "T". Anyone care to dispute that?