the track record is pretty bloody and ugly.
Yes, successfully putting in place a democracy in Iraq is an 'ugly and bloody track record.'
If the deaths of 4,459 American soldiers, 318 Allied soldiers, and
over 100,000 Iraqis isn't the very definition of "ugly and bloody", I don't know what else to say to you.
Let's not kid ourselves any further here. 'Bringing democracy to Iraq' was the only excuse for the bullsh**t invasion left after all the others didn't work out. As a result, GWB is attempting to expand upon that to rehabilitate his awful legacy into one of some kind of herald of global freedom.