To answer the original question,

No

this is not a legitimate war. But it is a war, because Georgie says it is so. And no one on his staff seems to be arguing against it.

This is a classic, obvious case of Wag the Dog. The rich live for today, the rich get richer, and even if Dubya is only in for one term, he's done the maximum amount of damage on behalf of himself and his rich friends as he can manage, and it will take years to untangle it. And the sleight of hand that is making this possible is his "WAR" with Iraq.

sRS