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I think Iraq will very much be remembered along the lines of the Spanish-American war. The roll of W.R. Hearst will be played by Rupert Murdoch and/or Rodger Ailes.

I believe Bush will be remembered for his lack of intelligence and his presidency seen as controlled by others (e.g. Cheney). The neoconservative movement itself will eventually fade away but, as you stated, be seen as part of an underlying imperialist movement supported, at least in part, by American xenophobia brought about by the complacency and sloth of the past 40 years.