I do not have a hands off view, GW has seen fit to that. My beef with him is that he chose this battle (Iraq - NOT the War on Terror) and now we have no choice but to follow it through to its conclusion. That conclusion has a huge cost (people, $'s, and resources) with at best an uncertain outcome. As mentioned in the Kondrake op-ed, Bush deserves to be fired for the mistakes he has made. We, as the American taxpayer and military forces will have to clean up his mess for years to come.