I'll leave it to one of "your guys" to answer:
"I was among those who were critical of the position of 'leading from behind.' I think as a general proposition that's not a good position for the U.S. to be in. On the other hand, I think the outcome should give the [Obama] administration some degree of satisfaction. After all, it worked." --L. Paul Bremer III, former President George W. Bush's envoy to Iraq
The Republican Party is split between people who thought Obama was wrong for not doing enough and people who thought he shouldn't intervene at all. Once you get past all the frothing-at-the-mouth types like yourself--completely confrontational at every turn? give me a fucking break--it's generally fair to say Obama got this one just right. And in doing so, he can now say that the two thorns in the sides of Bush's presidency and Reagan's presidency were removed on his watch.