oh, i dont disagree that the current administration is very similar to the previous one. like i said, i find it very disappointing. i also don't think everything wrong now is bush's fault, but i can't agree that bush has no blame and that the impact of his "missteps" will be felt for a long time. i feel he is mostly responsible for the current anti-american feeling that takes place throughout the world.
on the "unjustified" iraq war: if a nation with a history of conflict, let's say, congo attacks another nation with a history of conflict, let's say angola, using as justification that angola has WMDs and during the war goes "oops, sorry guys, my bad, but hey, we didnt like the angolan leader anyway cuz we kinda thought he was a dictator", the congolese president and members of his administration would be promptly tried as war criminals. now add to all that, that the US is a UN member and can't go to war without UN approval.
bush literally escaped the hangman because of american power and the UN's cowardice to bring illegal war charges against bush, cheney, rumsfeld, rove and a number of the rats in that administration.