Bush isn't to blame - this had probably been planned for years (altho' Saddam Hussein is probably enjoying the discomfiture of the son of the man who bombed him).

However, on a slightly different note I just read this in the Daily Telegraph:

"...America is seeking to assemble political support from Nato, The UN Security Council and Mislim countries for the "war" against terrorism.

President Bush's father used the UN successfully to give moral authority to the war against Iraq but it is unclear how the UN will be involved in this crisis.

Last night the General Assembly opened its annual meeting in NY, but it may be harder for the President, widely depicted as a "unilateralist" who tore up international commitments on climate change and arms control, to get its support"

So, not to blame obviously - but might Bush have shot himself in the foot?