[KeettyGlots]

I think the lie is that Bush thought Iraq had WMDs, the rush to war was to avoid the situation where the UN weapons inspectors finished their report and said Iraq had no WMDs, that would have made it much harder for Bush to invade.
And in Bush's mind, Iraq would be a fountain of oil contracts and wealth he would be able to bestow on the GOP faithful, so everyone benefits and no real people get hurt.

Garbage and more garbage. In Bush's mind Iraq under Saddam's leadership was a threat to the security of the region and a threat to American interests. He was right. Saddam openly supported terrorists, giving the families of suicide bombers in Israel $24,000. He had used wmds against the Kurds and the Iranians. He had oppressed his own people for decades. He attempted to assassinate a former president of the US.

Regarding the so-called fountain of oil contracts and wealth, they are going to the French, the Russians, and the Chinese.

If Saddam had been allowed to continue in power, the sanctions would have been lifted and he would have restarted his wmd programs. Rather than only dealing with the madmen of Iran trying to get nuclear weapons we would have two regimes in the Middle East trying to play who can be the bigger ass threatening the security of the region. Now, thanks to Bush, we only have one asshole that is a problem and we have an ally which is on the road to becoming the only Arab democracy in the Middle East. Sadly Obama is a weak pansy boy regarding Iran and with his utterly inept diplomatic skills we will see a nuclear Iran.

tashi deleks,

M