Pat Buchanan blames the neocons

And Pat is not alone. There are conservatives and Repugnicans (and even Demwits who were in favor of the invasion of Iraq) who are now willing to admit the entire operation was a terrible error. But they are still defending George the Lessor.

To its neocon architects, Iraq was always about empire, hegemony, Pax Americana, global democracy – about getting hold of America's power to make the Middle East safe for Sharon and themselves glorious and famous.

But now they have led a president who came to office with good intentions and a good heart to the precipice of ruin. One wonders if Bush knows how badly he has been had. And if he does, why he has not summarily dealt with those who misled him?  article

Because, Pat, he was in on it with them as far as they would let him in. And he still thinks of himself as one of them. You should, too.

Pat is as guilty as he portrays Bush of being when it comes to being blinded. He (and others with this same belief) are in deep denial about who George W. Bush is. He is not a man with a good heart and good intentions. He is a mean, vile, vengeful, wimp puppet/slacker/liar easily led by appeals to his vanity and mean spirit, which is why he is also a dangerous man.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.