That’s pretty myopic Bob. It's more about the money than Bush. Arms sales, defense contractors, security contractors, support contractors, drivers, linguists, janitorial services, etc., etc., represent a multi-billion dollar industry. Trillion and trillions of dollars have been made in the Middle East over the last several decades. They don’t want Humpty Dumpty to be put back together again. They wanted to raise the stakes. 

Supporting brutal regimes and arming sectarian factions. Deposing one for freedom and prop up another for stability, it’s good for business. Lockheed Martin, AM General, General Dynamics, SOS International, G4S among hundreds of similar corporations spend a significant amount cold cash to lobby our “representatives” in Washington. You just can’t build Tomahawks if there isn’t someone to launch them at. Inventory requires rotation, right?

How many former Washington insiders work as CEOs and other executive positions with these companies do you think there are?