Bush the dimwitted son of an oil-rich family, with strong Saudi ties, saw a chance to justify the conquest of an oil rich country, with an admittedly corrupt government. He created an ugly war where many people are dying, many many Iraqi's and over 1000 Americans. He did not delare war, as is required by the constitution. He did not justify himself except to say 'trust me'. He could not gather international support because he probably didn't want to share control of the proceeds. He seized the moment of sympathy the world offered the United States over "9,11" to drag American foreign policy through the mud and alienate most of the rest of the world.

He made his vice president richer, he made his backers happy, and he showed himself to be morally bankrupt.

This is a viewpoint - I believe it to be the most reasonable viewpoint. If it seems extremist or 'out of the ballpark' to you examine your news sources and question if they are one-sided or biased. I am not pretending to be 'the truth', just encouraging you to seek it.