It looks like Bush has ruined the reputation of our military with possible far-ranging consequences. Because of this Iraq fiasco, our allies in Australia, Japan, and South Korea believe that we would lose a war with China. Japan in particular would like to raise its own army and kick our soldiers out because they believe our soldiers are "extremely incompetent."

Personally, I don't believe our military is incompetent, but I see how other countries would view our military that way given the way Bush has misused it.

So not only has Bush lost the war in Iraq, he has caused our allies in Asia to lose confidence in our military. Our allies don't trust us enough to rely on us and our enemies (China, North Korea) no longer fear us. Not good. It will take years and years to re-build the reputation of our military which Bush has destroyed in 6 short years.

http://www.insightmag.com/Media/Medi...eastasia_1.htm