Lincoln had very unpopular ideas but they were good ideas. Bush does not even have one idea. Most of the people who surround him are there for thier own gain and are using him for that gain, and succeeding quite well. Romney is a putz. Our Military has been sorely abused and we are barely starting to feel that abuse right now as they attempt to throw more soldiers lives at a problem which will never go away.
We cannot fight a conventional war against terrorism. Terrorism is by its very nature unconventional and very irrational; ie-- suicide bombers and death worship. We need smaller strike forces made up of elite soldiers who go wherever they need to go based on GOOD INTEL and kill those who would perpetuate this terrorism. Iraq has just become a killing ground and shall remain so for as long as we keep sending men and women there. The killing will not stop, it has not stopped there for thousands of years it is arrogant to think that we can stop it. And it certainly will not protect us here by drawing thier attentions away. They will still fashion plans to hurt us here. We just have to be better than them and stop them every time.