Invading was the right thing to do. Then we screwed it up, but finally got it right. Let’s hope it holds, and that Obama is wise enough to listen to Petraeus and Odierno on what to do now.

There as a post over at NRO’s The Corner not too long ago, in which Mark Steyn recalled that a few years ago some of his colleagues were complaining that “Bush should have done this” and “Bush should have done that” (not just Iraq, but on various WOT things).

Then John O’Sullivan came along and wrote (I go from memory) “What none of you realize is that Bush is as good as it was going to get.”

And he was right. Bush hasn’t done nearly enough to win the WOT, and it took him too long to get Iraq right, but it’s hard to think of any other (electable) person who would have done better.