Brendan Miniter of the Wall Street Journal looks at what might have happened had President Bush #41 liberated Iraq, with Democrats controlling both the House and the Senate at the time.

Of course, the elder Bush was assailed by both many on the right, and by opportunists on the left, for not finishing off Saddam. Just as Bush #43 is being assailed by both many on the right, and by opportunists on the left, for doing just that.