“We now have endorsed the concept of pre-emptive war where we go to war with another nation militarily, even though our own security is not directly threatened, if we want to change the regime there or if we fear that some time in the future our security might be endangered, but that’s been a radical departure from all previous administration policies.”
–Former President Jimmy Carter on Foreign Policy in the Bush Administration
No Exit 
There was an interesting article in Vanity Fair recently that compared Bush’s administration to the Roman Empire right before its collapse. Between an overextended military and the over-privitization of government, they look a lot alike. Eek!