This article explains perfectly why an ignoramuse like GW Bush should not be interferring in the situation in the Middle East.  Especially when they have absolutely NO UNDERSTANDING of the cultural and religious rivalries. 

If Mutt Robme is elected and has the chance, he will make more of these exact same stupid mistakes that Dubya did, because he is just as clueless.... and more dangerous, also wrongfully thinks he is acting in the cause of God and the right.

A major factor in the rise of the present struggle came when American troops invaded Iraq in 2003, thus pitting Sunnis against their rival Shiites, who many Sunnis think are effectively infidels who turned against Islamic leaders about 1,400 years ago and have been on the wrong side of Allah’s path since then.

For decades, Saddam and his Sunni minority had imposed their will on Iraq, carrying on a 14-century tradition of Sunnis controlling Mesopotamia despite a Shiite majority. Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections. They knew they would end up being ruled by their enemies.

And that’s what happened. Essentially, the lasting legacy of America’s involvement in Iraq is an Iranian-allied Shiite government that also happens to be one of the most corrupt on the planet. (Iran is the biggest and most powerful Shiite-majority nation.)

The Shiites were, of course, delighted. The Shiites — in both Iraq and Iran — won, and won big.  

President George W. Bush, in his now-rare public appearances and interviews, still refuses to acknowledge he did anything to help Iran. But it doesn’t really matter what he thinks. The 200 million people in the Middle East understand that there is a new reality — and that’s what they are battling about now.